--- title: Dead funny, but how did the dad know she loved him best? — English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: th… · tree and pragmatics description: Dead funny, but how did the dad know she loved him best? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1950 «English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel reveals the girl in rushes, and her father learns how much she loved him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1950-pg7439-part9/t7/) [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, Cap o' Rushes: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1950-pg7439-part9/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel rev… Dead funny, but how did the dad know she loved him best? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, she · **What happens:** be, know, love · **To what, where:** Dead funny, him · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1950 «English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel reveals the girl in rushes, and her father learns how much she loved him» 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/1950-pg7439-part9/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t7:1 # text = Dead funny, but how did the dad know she loved him best? 1 Dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 9 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the dad | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | present | | Dead funny | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **love** | past | she | him *= he* | | | | | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} the ring she gave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t7:o1:1 # text = the ring she gave 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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 _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the ring | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} the cook's pot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t7:o2:1 # text = the cook's pot 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the salt answer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t7:o3:1 # text = the salt answer 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the gruel she made ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t7:o4:1 # text = the gruel she made 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gruel gruel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | she | the gruel *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gruel=Product | **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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