--- title: bro, what made the cook cry? — Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the… · tree and pragmatics description: bro, what made the cook cry? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 167 «Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genius, part 7: the Greek king dies of poisoned pages, then the magic fish burn in the kitchen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/167-pg128-part7/t9/) [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/) / [Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/167-pg128-part7/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genius, part 7: the… bro, what made the cook cry? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cook · **What happens:** make, cry · **To what, where:** cook This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 167 «Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genius, part 7: the Greek king dies of poisoned pages, then the magic fish burn in the kitchen» 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/167-pg128-part7/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:t9:1 # text = bro, what made the cook cry? 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | | the cook | | | | bro *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | the cook *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} burnt food ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:t9:o1:1 # text = burnt food 1 burnt burnt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the fish were cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:t9:o2:1 # text = the fish were cold 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the fish | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the fish were burnt black ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:t9:o3:1 # text = the fish were burnt black 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burnt** | past · passive | | the fish | | | | black *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} the sauce was spoiled ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:t9:o4:1 # text = the sauce was spoiled 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sauce sauce NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 spoiled spoil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spoil** | past · passive | | the sauce | | | | | tree rules | **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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