--- title: oi, what did the witch flog the lady for a shilling? — Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny g… · tree and pragmatics description: oi, what did the witch flog the lady for a shilling? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1740 «Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny girl grows from a flower and a toad tries to steal her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1740-pg640-part64/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/) / [Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny g…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1740-pg640-part64/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny girl grows from a flo… oi, what did the witch flog the lady for a shilling? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** oi · **What happens:** flog · **To what, where:** lady This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1740 «Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny girl grows from a flower and a toad tries to steal her» 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/1740-pg640-part64/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:t1:1 # text = oi, what did the witch flog the lady for a shilling? 1 oi oi X FW Foreign=Yes 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 flog flog VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 shilling shilling NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flog** | past · do-support | oi | the lady | | | | for a shilling | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent what=Patient lady=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A cabbage leaf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:t1:o1:1 # text = A cabbage leaf 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 cabbage cabbage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A barley-corn from the market stall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:t1:o2:1 # text = A barley-corn from the market stall 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 stall stall NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A bag of golden barley-corn grains ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:t1:o3:1 # text = A bag of golden barley-corn grains 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 5 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 grains grain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A barley-corn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:t1:o4:1 # text = A barley-corn 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 corn corn 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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