--- title: Did the fish really have nine kids? — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the fish really have nine kids? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1875 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch falls into the sea and the fairies choose a new Queen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1875-pg7277-part12/t4/) [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/) / [Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1875-pg7277-part12/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch fall… Did the fish really have nine kids? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fish · **What happens:** do, have · **To what, where:** nine kids This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1875 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch falls into the sea and the fairies choose a new Queen» 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/1875-pg7277-part12/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t4:1 # text = Did the fish really have nine kids? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 6 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | the fish | nine kids | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Patient | 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} Yeah, he said he had nine little ones waiting at home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t4:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he said he had nine little ones waiting at home 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say 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 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 waiting wait VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | past | he | nine little ones | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 3 | **wait** | gerund | nine little ones *not said here* | | | home | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, he just said that to fool the cat into staying for supper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t4:o2:1 # text = No, he just said that to fool the cat into staying for supper 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 fool fool VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 into into SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 staying stay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **fool** | to-infinitive | | the cat | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Patient | | 3 | **stay** | gerund | | | | | | for supper | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, he said so, nine little ones ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t4:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he said so, nine little ones 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, he had seven kids ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t4:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he had seven kids 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | he | seven kids | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Patient | **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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