--- title: What did the golden hen do when the ogre said "Lay"? — English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Bean… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the golden hen do when the ogre said "Lay"? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1951 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack steals gold and a golden hen from the ogre's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1951-pg7439-part10/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, Jack and the Bean…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1951-pg7439-part10/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack… What did the golden hen do when the ogre said "Lay"? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ogre · **What happens:** do, say, lay · **To what, where:** golden hen · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1951 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack steals gold and a golden hen from the ogre's house» 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/1951-pg7439-part10/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:t5:1 # text = What did the golden hen do when the ogre said "Lay"? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the golden hen | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the ogre | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **lay** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} It flew up to the roof ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:t5:o1:1 # text = It flew up to the roof 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly up** | past | It | | | | | to the roof *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to roof=Result | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It went back to sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:t5:o2:1 # text = It went back to sleep 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | past | It | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It laid a golden egg and then went straight back to sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:t5:o3:1 # text = It laid a golden egg and then went straight back to sleep 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 straight straight ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | past | It | a golden egg | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result | | 2 | **go** | past | | | | | then | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It laid a golden egg ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:t5:o4:1 # text = It laid a golden egg 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | past | It | a golden egg | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result | **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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