--- title: Ngl, was the farmer's daughter the smartest in the house? — Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laug… · tree and pragmatics description: Ngl, was the farmer's daughter the smartest in the house? Test 6 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1849-pg7128-part33/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the que… Ngl, was the farmer's daughter the smartest in the house? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** daughter This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t6:1 # text = Ngl, was the farmer's daughter the smartest in the house? 1 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 smartest smart ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 nmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 house house 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 | **is a** | past | Ngl | farmer's daughter | | | | the smartest in the house *nmod* | tree rules | 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} No, the father was the smartest because he owned all the land around here ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t6:o1:1 # text = No, the father was the smartest because he owned all the land around here 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 smartest smart ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 owned own VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 around around ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the father | | | | | smart *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **own** | past | he | all land | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yes, she noticed he was clever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t6:o2:1 # text = Yes, she noticed he was clever 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notice** | past | she | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | he | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, the father was smarter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t6:o3:1 # text = No, the father was smarter 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 smarter smart ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the father | | | | | smart *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yes, she spotted the youth was no fool ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t6:o4:1 # text = Yes, she spotted the youth was no fool 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spotted spot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spot** | past | she | | | | | | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | | 2 | **is a** | past | the youth | no fool | | | | | 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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