--- title: Was the bog all wisht and squishy, bor? — English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes:… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the bog all wisht and squishy, bor? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 250 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a tree, gets three wishes, and wastes one on black pudding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/250-pg14241-part17/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/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/250-pg14241-part17/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a… Was the bog all wisht and squishy, bor? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** all · **What happens:** be, bor · **To what, where:** bog This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 250 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a tree, gets three wishes, and wastes one on black pudding» 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/250-pg14241-part17/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t7:1 # text = Was the bog all wisht and squishy, bor? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bog bog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 nsubj:outer _ _ 5 wisht wisht ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 nsubj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 squishy squishy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 bor bor VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the bog | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bor** | infinitive | all | the bog *not said here* | | | | | 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} Yes, full of squishy mools and dark waters where bogles hide ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t7:o1:1 # text = Yes, full of squishy mools and dark waters where bogles hide 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 squishy squishy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 mools mool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 11 bogles bogle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | present | bogles | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, it was firm and dry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t7:o2:1 # text = No, it was firm and dry 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 firm firm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | firm *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yes, full of squishy mools ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t7:o3:1 # text = Yes, full of squishy mools 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 squishy squishy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 mools mool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, full of cold water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t7:o4:1 # text = Yes, full of cold water 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` 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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