--- title: yo did the cow literally just eat Tom with the thistle n all? — English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the ti… · tree and pragmatics description: yo did the cow literally just eat Tom with the thistle n all? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1964 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the pudding, a cow swallows Tom, a fish and a raven carry him far, and his last journey ends with a spider» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1964-pg7439-part23/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/) / [English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the ti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1964-pg7439-part23/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the puddi… yo did the cow literally just eat Tom with the thistle n all? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** eat · **To what, where:** Tom This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1964 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the pudding, a cow swallows Tom, a fish and a raven carry him far, and his last journey ends with a spider» 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/1964-pg7439-part23/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t1:1 # text = yo did the cow literally just eat Tom with the thistle n all? 1 yo you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 literally literally ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 thistle thistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 n n ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · do-support | | Tom | | | | with the thistle all; literally *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tom=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 {#o1} yeah, one bite ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t1:o1:1 # text = yeah, one bite 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 bite bite NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, yeah ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t1:o2:1 # text = nah, yeah 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, one mouthful, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t1:o3:1 # text = yeah, one mouthful, innit 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 mouthful mouthful NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} nah, he spat him out, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t1:o4:1 # text = nah, he spat him out, innit 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spat spat 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 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spat out** | past | he | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | **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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: th…, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1963-pg7439-part22/e4/) - next →: [English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the ti…, test 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1964-pg7439-part23/t2/) - ↑ back to [English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the pudding, a cow swallows Tom, a fish and a raven carry him far, and his last journey ends with a spider](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1964-pg7439-part23/)