--- title: The Cobbler said he had a cure for every poison, yeah, the big fibber? — Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Sto… · tree and pragmatics description: The Cobbler said he had a cure for every poison, yeah, the big fibber? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 146 «Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Stork, part 16: eight short animal tales about greed, pride, and bad company» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/146-pg11339-part16/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Sto…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/146-pg11339-part16/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Stork, part 16: eight s… The Cobbler said he had a cure for every poison, yeah, the big fibber? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cobbler · **What happens:** say, have · **To what, where:** cure · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 146 «Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Stork, part 16: eight short animal tales about greed, pride, and bad company» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/146-pg11339-part16/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:t11:1 # text = The Cobbler said he had a cure for every poison, yeah, the big fibber? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Cobbler Cobbler PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cure cure NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 16 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 fibber fibber NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Cobbler | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | past | Cobbler | a cure | | | | for every poison | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cure=Patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yeah, and the King made him drink it, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:t11:o1:1 # text = Yeah, and the King made him drink it, lol 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 11 lol lol INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the King | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **drink** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | it | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he drank it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:t11:o2:1 # text = Nah, he drank it 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | past | he | it | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Yeah, and the King drank it, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:t11:o3:1 # text = Yeah, and the King drank it, lol 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 lol lol INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | past | the King | it | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, and the King shot him, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:t11:o4:1 # text = Nah, and the King shot him, lol 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 lol lol INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot** | past | the King | him *= he* | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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