--- title: Was the Simpleton a dunce, like his mum said? — Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the Simpleton a dunce, like his mum said? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1722 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleton gathers strange companions for his ship» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1722-pg640-part46/t10/) [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/) / [Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1722-pg640-part46/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleto… Was the Simpleton a dunce, like his mum said? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** Simpleton dunce · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1722 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleton gathers strange companions for his ship» 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/1722-pg640-part46/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:t10:1 # text = Was the Simpleton a dunce, like his mum said? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Simpleton Simpleton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dunce dunce NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 like like SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | a Simpleton dunce | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | his mum | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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} Nah, he's just slow, though he did well ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:t10:o1:1 # text = Nah, he's just slow, though he did well 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 though though SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | slow *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | he | | | | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Mum thought so, but he did the right things ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:t10:o2:1 # text = Mum thought so, but he did the right things 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Mum | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | past | he | the right things | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Mum thought so, but he was actually quite smart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:t10:o3:1 # text = Mum thought so, but he was actually quite smart 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 actually actually ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 quite quite ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Mum | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | he | | | | | actually, smart *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, mum was right ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:t10:o4:1 # text = Yeah, mum was right 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | mum | | | | | right *property* | 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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