--- title: Wait, what did Grannonia say was the sickest thing ever? — Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Sna… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what did Grannonia say was the sickest thing ever? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1904 «Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Snake, part 1: a snake asks to marry the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1904-pg7277-part41/t2/) [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/) / [Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Sna…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1904-pg7277-part41/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Snake, part 1: a snake… Wait, what did Grannonia say was the sickest thing ever? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Grannonia · **What happens:** wait, say, be · **To what, where:** sickest thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1904 «Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Snake, part 1: a snake asks to marry the Princess» 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/1904-pg7277-part41/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1904-pg7277-part41:t2:1 # text = Wait, what did Grannonia say was the sickest thing ever? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Grannonia Grannonia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 sickest sick ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 amod _ _ 10 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Grannonia | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | past | | the sickest thing | | | ever | | 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} bread is the best thing in life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1904-pg7277-part41:t2:o1:1 # text = bread is the best thing in life 1 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | bread | the best thing | | life | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} salt is the best thing in life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1904-pg7277-part41:t2:o2:1 # text = salt is the best thing in life 1 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | salt | the best thing | | life | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} gold is the best thing ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1904-pg7277-part41:t2:o3:1 # text = gold is the best thing ever 1 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | gold | the best thing | | | ever | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} salt is nice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1904-pg7277-part41:t2:o4:1 # text = salt is nice 1 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | salt | | | | | nice *property* | 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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