--- title: Gutted, the harp spilled the truth at the party, yeah? — English Fairy Tales, Binnorie: the cru… · tree and pragmatics description: Gutted, the harp spilled the truth at the party, yeah? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1949 «English Fairy Tales, Binnorie: the cruel sister drowns the youngest princess and the harp tells the truth» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1949-pg7439-part8/t5/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales, Binnorie: the cru…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1949-pg7439-part8/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Binnorie: the cruel sister drowns the… Gutted, the harp spilled the truth at the party, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** harp · **What happens:** gut, spill · **To what, where:** truth, party This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1949 «English Fairy Tales, Binnorie: the cruel sister drowns the youngest princess and the harp tells the truth» 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/1949-pg7439-part8/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1949-pg7439-part8:t5:1 # text = Gutted, the harp spilled the truth at the party, yeah? 1 Gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 harp harp NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 spilled spill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 12 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | participle | the harp *not said here* | | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **spill** | past | the harp | the truth | | the party | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location truth=Theme | 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} Yeah, it told the king the sister did it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1949-pg7439-part8:t5:o1:1 # text = Yeah, it told the king the sister did it 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 iobj _ _ 9 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | it | the king | the sister | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent sister=Recipient king=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past | | it | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Nah, it just played ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1949-pg7439-part8:t5:o2:1 # text = Nah, it just played 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | past | it | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, it sang that her sister drowned her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1949-pg7439-part8:t5:o3:1 # text = Yeah, it sang that her sister drowned her 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 drowned drown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | it | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **drown** | past | her sister | her *= she* | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, it sang about a sad old cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1949-pg7439-part8:t5:o4:1 # text = Nah, it sang about a sad old cat 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | it | | | | | about a sad old cat | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about cat=Location | **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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