--- title: Was the cook gonna say no to the gruel at first? — English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: th… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the cook gonna say no to the gruel at first? Test 9 · ★ 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 of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1950-pg7439-part9/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel rev… Was the cook gonna say no to the gruel at first? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cook · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** cook, no, gruel · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t9:1 # text = Was the cook gonna say no to the gruel at first? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 5 dep _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 gruel gruel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the cook | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the cook | no | the gruel | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to gruel=Recipient | 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} no, she would ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t9:o1:1 # text = no, she would 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yes, she wouldn't ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t9:o2:1 # text = yes, she wouldn't 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} no, she was sure ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t9:o3:1 # text = no, she was sure 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} yes, she did ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t9:o4:1 # text = yes, she did 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do 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 | **do** | past | she | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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