--- title: Wha's Neddy, is he a horse or like a donkey? — Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robber… · tree and pragmatics description: Wha's Neddy, is he a horse or like a donkey? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 2003 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall tale and the gold returned» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2003-pg7885-part22/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/) / [Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robber…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2003-pg7885-part22/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall t… Wha's Neddy, is he a horse or like a donkey? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Neddy · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** horse This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 2003 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall tale and the gold returned» 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/2003-pg7885-part22/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:t7:1 # text = Wha's Neddy, is he a horse or like a donkey? 1 Wha Wha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 Neddy Neddy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Wha's Neddy | a horse or a donkey | | | | | 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} A pony, a cob ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:t7:o1:1 # text = A pony, a cob 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cob cob NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} An ass, a donkey, a grey beast of burden ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:t7:o2:1 # text = An ass, a donkey, a grey beast of burden 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A goat, a sheep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:t7:o3:1 # text = A goat, a sheep 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} An ass, a donkey ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:t7:o4:1 # text = An ass, a donkey 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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