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title: What did the mum pig say before she, like, died? — Fairy Book, The Three Little Pigs, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the mum pig say before she, like, died? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1886 «Fairy Book, The Three Little Pigs, part 1: the fox eats Browny and Whitey, then fails at Blacky's brick house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Three Little Pigs, part 1: the fox eats Br…

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What did the mum pig say before she, like, died?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum pig · **What happens:** do, say, die · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1886 «Fairy Book, The Three Little Pigs, part 1: the fox eats Browny and Whitey, then fails at Blacky's brick house» 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/1886-pg7277-part23/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1886-pg7277-part23:t9:1
# text = What did the mum pig say before she, like, died?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	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	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the mum pig |  |  |  | before she |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **die** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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}

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She said the fox would come and try to trick them and they must be careful

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1886-pg7277-part23:t9:o1:1
# text = She said the fox would come and try to trick them and they must be careful
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	trick	trick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
16	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** | would | the fox |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **try** | infinitive | the fox *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **trick** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the fox *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 5 | **is** | must | they |  |  |  |  | careful *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She said the fox would come and try to trick them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1886-pg7277-part23:t9:o2:1
# text = She said the fox would come and try to trick them
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	trick	trick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** | would | the fox |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **try** | infinitive | the fox *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **trick** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the fox *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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She warned them to build good strong houses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1886-pg7277-part23:t9:o3:1
# text = She warned them to build good strong houses
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | She |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **build** | to-infinitive |  | good strong houses |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She said the farmer would come to take them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1886-pg7277-part23:t9:o4:1
# text = She said the farmer would come to take them
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** | would | the farmer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** | to-infinitive | the farmer *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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