--- title: Bro, what did the youth ask about the corn? — Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laug… · tree and pragmatics description: Bro, what did the youth ask about the corn? Test 14 · ★ 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 question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1849-pg7128-part33/t14/) [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/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the que… Bro, what did the youth ask about the corn? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bro · **What happens:** do, ask · **To what, where:** youth This is test 14 · ★ 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. 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t14:1 # text = Bro, what did the youth ask about the corn? 1 Bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 youth youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Bro | the youth | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Eventuality | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Bro | | | | | about the corn | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: 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} How many people had worked in the field and how long it took them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t14:o1:1 # text = How many people had worked in the field and how long it took them 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 worked work VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 11 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | past · perfect | many people | | | | | in the field | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in field=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | it | people | | | | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Whether it was eaten or not ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t14:o2:1 # text = Whether it was eaten or not 1 Whether whether SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · passive | | it | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Whether it was ripe enough ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t14:o3:1 # text = Whether it was ripe enough 1 Whether whether SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 ripe ripe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 enough enough ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | enough, ripe *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Whether the farmer planned to sell all of the harvest at market ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t14:o4:1 # text = Whether the farmer planned to sell all of the harvest at market 1 Whether whether SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 planned plan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 harvest harvest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plan** | past | the farmer | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sell** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the farmer *not said here* | all | | market | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent all=Theme at market=Asset | **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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