--- title: Oi, did the little bloke actually batter the fiddler or nah? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicia… · tree and pragmatics description: Oi, did the little bloke actually batter the fiddler or nah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1939 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicians, part 76: the flute-player seizes the dwarf's beard and is led over a river into a golden land» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1939-pg7277-part76/t1/) [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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicia…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1939-pg7277-part76/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicians, part 76: the flu… Oi, did the little bloke actually batter the fiddler or nah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi · **What happens:** do, batter · **To what, where:** little bloke, fiddler This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1939 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicians, part 76: the flute-player seizes the dwarf's beard and is led over a river into a golden land» 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/1939-pg7277-part76/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1939-pg7277-part76:t1:1 # text = Oi, did the little bloke actually batter the fiddler or nah? 1 Oi oi NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 bloke bloke NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 actually actually ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 batter batter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fiddler fiddler NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 nah nah INTJ UH _ 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Oi | the little bloke | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bloke=Eventuality | | 2 | **batter** | present | Oi *not said here* | the fiddler | | | | actually *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiddler=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 battered him then made him a sarnie and sent him home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1939-pg7277-part76:t1:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he battered him then made him a sarnie and sent him 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 battered batter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sarnie sarnie NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 home home ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **batter** | past | he | him *= he* | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | | 2 | **make** | past | he *not said here* | a sarnie | him *= he* | | then | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary sarnie=Product | | 3 | **send** | past | he *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, the fiddler battered the little bloke and got him sacked from the castle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1939-pg7277-part76:t1:o2:1 # text = Nah, the fiddler battered the little bloke and got him sacked from the castle 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fiddler fiddler NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 battered batter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 bloke bloke NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 sacked sack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **batter** | past | the fiddler | the little bloke | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bloke=Patient | | 2 | **get** | past | the fiddler *not said here* | fiddler | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **sack** | past | | | | the castle | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from castle=Source | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, he gave him a proper hiding ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1939-pg7277-part76:t1:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he gave him a proper hiding 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 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 hiding hiding NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | he | a proper hiding | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient hiding=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, not really ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1939-pg7277-part76:t1:o4:1 # text = Nah, not really 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` 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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