--- title: wot did the cook rub all over the crow? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the… · tree and pragmatics description: wot did the cook rub all over the crow? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1855 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow is caught and plucked» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1855-pg7128-part39/t8/) [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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1855-pg7128-part39/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow… wot did the cook rub all over the crow? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wot · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** cook rub This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1855 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow is caught and plucked» 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/1855-pg7128-part39/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t8:1 # text = wot did the cook rub all over the crow? 1 wot wot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 rub rub NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 over over ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | wot | the cook rub | | | | over the crow | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rub=Eventuality | 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} sour cream spread ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t8:o1:1 # text = sour cream spread 1 sour sour ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 cream cream NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 spread spread NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} spiced buttermilk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t8:o2:1 # text = spiced buttermilk 1 spiced spice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 buttermilk buttermilk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spice** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} buttermilk mixed with spices and ginger all over ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t8:o3:1 # text = buttermilk mixed with spices and ginger all over 1 buttermilk buttermilk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 spices spice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 ginger ginger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 all all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 over over ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mix** | participle | | buttermilk *not said here* | | | | with spices and ginger; over *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with spice=Co-Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} a thick paste of ginger, cumin and buttermilk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t8:o4:1 # text = a thick paste of ginger, cumin and buttermilk 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 paste paste NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 ginger ginger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 cumin cumin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 buttermilk buttermilk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` 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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