--- title: Innit, the nixy came out the pond, right? What did she want for the… — Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond,… · tree and pragmatics description: Innit, the nixy came out the pond, right? What did she want for the riches? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1702 «Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor miller strikes a bargain with a water spirit» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/t2/) [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/) / [Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor mill… Innit, the nixy came out the pond, right? What did she want for the riches? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Innit · **What happens:** come out, want · **To what, where:** pond This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1702 «Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor miller strikes a bargain with a water spirit» 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/1702-pg640-part26/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Innit, the nixy came out the pond, right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t2:1 # text = Innit, the nixy came out the pond, right? 1 Innit Innit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 nixy nixy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 right right INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | Innit | the pond | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient pond=Result | 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. *Sentence 2:* What did she want for the riches? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t2:2 # text = What did she want for the riches? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past · do-support | Innit | | | | | for the riches | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} the newest chicken in the yard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t2:o1:1 # text = the newest chicken in the yard 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 newest new ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 chicken chicken NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the eldest child in the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t2:o2:1 # text = the eldest child in the house 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the youngest thing in the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t2:o3:1 # text = the youngest thing in the house 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} his youngest son ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t2:o4:1 # text = his youngest son 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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