--- title: What response did the farmer offer when questioned about the corn? — Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laug… · tree and pragmatics description: What response did the farmer offer when questioned about the corn? Exam question 4 of lesson 1849 «Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the queen's fish laughs and the vizier's son sets off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1849-pg7128-part33/e4/) [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/) / [Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laug…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1849-pg7128-part33/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the que… What response did the farmer offer when questioned about the corn? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** response · **What happens:** do offer, question · **To what, where:** farmer This is exam question 4 of lesson 1849 «Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the queen's fish laughs and the vizier's son sets off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1849-pg7128-part33/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:e4:1 # text = What response did the farmer offer when questioned about the corn? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 offer offer ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 8 questioned question VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do offer** | past | response | the farmer | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **question** *speech: other* | participle | response *not said here* | | | | | about the corn | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent about corn=Topic | 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 {#o1} "Not sure, sorry" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:e4:o1:1 # text = "Not sure, sorry" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} "I don't know" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:e4:o2:1 # text = "I don't know" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} "Maybe" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:e4:o3:1 # text = "Maybe" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Maybe maybe ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} "No idea at all" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:e4:o4:1 # text = "No idea at all" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 3 det _ _ 3 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` 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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