--- title: then they dumped the baby in the canal? that's cold — Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah,… · tree and pragmatics description: then they dumped the baby in the canal? that's cold Test 8 · ★ of lesson 227 «Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah, part 67: three sisters' wishes come true, and the cradles float away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/227-pg128-part67/t8/) [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/) / [Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/227-pg128-part67/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah, part 67: three sist… then they dumped the baby in the canal? that's cold **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they, that · **What happens:** dump, be · **To what, where:** baby, canal This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 227 «Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah, part 67: three sisters' wishes come true, and the cradles float away» 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/227-pg128-part67/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:227-pg128-part67:t8:1 # text = then they dumped the baby in the canal? that's cold 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 dumped dump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 canal canal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dump** | past | they | the baby | | the canal | then | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent baby=Theme in canal=Trajectory | | 2 | **is** | present | that | | | | | cold *property* | 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} yeah, in a sack, off the bridge ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:227-pg128-part67:t8:o1:1 # text = yeah, in a sack, off the bridge 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 off off ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, out the window ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:227-pg128-part67:t8:o2:1 # text = nah, out the window 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 out out ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, in a cradle, down the canal ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:227-pg128-part67:t8:o3:1 # text = yeah, in a cradle, down the canal 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 down down ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 canal canal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, in a box, down the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:227-pg128-part67:t8:o4:1 # text = yeah, in a box, down the river 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 down down ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah,…, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/227-pg128-part67/t7/) - next →: [Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah,…, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/227-pg128-part67/t9/) - ↑ back to [Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah, part 67: three sisters' wishes come true, and the cradles float away](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/227-pg128-part67/)