--- title: Which dish did Mr. Miacca intend to prepare for his evening meal? — English Fairy Tales, Tommy Grimes: Tom… · tree and pragmatics description: Which dish did Mr. Miacca intend to prepare for his evening meal? Exam question 1 of lesson 1967 «English Fairy Tales, Tommy Grimes: Tommy tricks Mr. Miacca with a sofa leg and runs home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1967-pg7439-part26/e1/) [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, Tommy Grimes: Tom…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1967-pg7439-part26/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Tommy Grimes: Tommy tricks Mr. Miacca… Which dish did Mr. Miacca intend to prepare for his evening meal? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dish, Miacca · **What happens:** do, intend, prepare This is exam question 1 of lesson 1967 «English Fairy Tales, Tommy Grimes: Tommy tricks Mr. Miacca with a sofa leg and runs home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1967-pg7439-part26/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1967-pg7439-part26:e1:1 # text = Which dish did Mr. Miacca intend to prepare for his evening meal? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:desc _ _ 5 Miacca Miacca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 intend intend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which dish | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **intend** | present | Miacca Mr. | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **prepare** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Miacca Mr. *not said here* | | | | | for Miacca's evening meal | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for meal=Beneficiary | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The boy Tommy Grimes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1967-pg7439-part26:e1:o1:1 # text = The boy Tommy Grimes 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 Tommy Tommy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 4 Grimes Grimes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The naughty boy Tommy Grimes from town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1967-pg7439-part26:e1:o2:1 # text = The naughty boy Tommy Grimes from town 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 naughty naughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 Tommy Tommy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 5 Grimes Grimes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Herbs and pot roast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1967-pg7439-part26:e1:o3:1 # text = Herbs and pot roast 1 Herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 roast roast NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The boy Tommy Grimes with herbs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1967-pg7439-part26:e1:o4:1 # text = The boy Tommy Grimes with herbs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 Tommy Tommy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 4 Grimes grime NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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