--- title: Oi mate, why'd the birds scoff all the bread, innit? — Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb… · tree and pragmatics description: Oi mate, why'd the birds scoff all the bread, innit? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1468 «Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb, part 55: lost again, the children reach the ogre's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1468-pg503-part55/t1/) [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/) / [Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1468-pg503-part55/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb, part 55: lost agai… Oi mate, why'd the birds scoff all the bread, innit? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** birds · **What happens:** scoff, innit · **To what, where:** bread This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1468 «Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb, part 55: lost again, the children reach the ogre's house» 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/1468-pg503-part55/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1468-pg503-part55:t1:1 # text = Oi mate, why'd the birds scoff all the bread, innit? 1 Oi Oi X FW _ 2 compound _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 scoff scoff VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scoff** | would | the birds | all bread | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | the birds *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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} Cos Thumb had dropped bits all along the path ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1468-pg503-part55:t1:o1:1 # text = Cos Thumb had dropped bits all along the path 1 Cos Cos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 Thumb Thumb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 along along ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | past · perfect | Cos | bits | | the path | | all *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bit=Theme along path=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cos Thumb wasn't careful with it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1468-pg503-part55:t1:o2:1 # text = Cos Thumb wasn't careful with it 1 Cos Cos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Thumb Thumb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | Cos Thumb | | | | | with it; careful *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Cos the bread was left out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1468-pg503-part55:t1:o3:1 # text = Cos the bread was left out 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave out** | past · passive | | | | | | cos the bread | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP» | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cos Thumb had dropped bits of bread all along the path he took ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1468-pg503-part55:t1:o4:1 # text = Cos Thumb had dropped bits of bread all along the path he took 1 Cos Cos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 Thumb Thumb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 9 along along ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | past · perfect | Cos | bits of bread | | the path | | all *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bit=Theme along path=Destination | | 2 | **take** | past | Cos | the path *not said here* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=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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