--- title: Did the pixies stop being mad, or what? — English Fairy Tales, Scrapefoot, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the pixies stop being mad, or what? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 248 «English Fairy Tales, Scrapefoot, part 15: pixies eat a cow, a blinded giant, and a fox sneaks into the bears' castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/248-pg14241-part15/t12/) [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, Scrapefoot, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/248-pg14241-part15/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Scrapefoot, part 15: pixies eat a cow… Did the pixies stop being mad, or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pixies · **What happens:** stop, be This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 248 «English Fairy Tales, Scrapefoot, part 15: pixies eat a cow, a blinded giant, and a fox sneaks into the bears' castle» 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/248-pg14241-part15/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:248-pg14241-part15:t12:1 # text = Did the pixies stop being mad, or what? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 pixies pixie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 6 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past · do-support | the pixies | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | mad *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} They ate and slept all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:248-pg14241-part15:t12:o1:1 # text = They ate and slept all day 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | They | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sleep** | past | They *not said here* | | | | day | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They danced and partied all night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:248-pg14241-part15:t12:o2:1 # text = They danced and partied all night 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 partied party VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | past | They | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **party** | past | They *not said here* | | | | night | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They sang and cried all night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:248-pg14241-part15:t12:o3:1 # text = They sang and cried all night 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | They | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | They *not said here* | | | | night | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They got stroppy again later and started fighting over the bones ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:248-pg14241-part15:t12:o4:1 # text = They got stroppy again later and started fighting over the bones 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 stroppy stroppy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 fighting fight VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | They | | | | again | late, stroppy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **start** | past | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **fight** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | | | over the bones | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over bone=Theme | **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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