--- title: Did the uncle's farm do well after that, or nah? — English Fairy Tales, The Children in t… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the uncle's farm do well after that, or nah? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 252 «English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's wicked plot and the lost babes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/252-pg14241-part19/t9/) [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 Children in t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/252-pg14241-part19/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's… Did the uncle's farm do well after that, or nah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** farm This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 252 «English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's wicked plot and the lost babes» 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/252-pg14241-part19/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t9:1 # text = Did the uncle's farm do well after that, or nah? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 nah nah INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the uncle's farm | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farm=Eventuality | | 2 | **do** | present | | | | | after that | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Fields flooded, horses sold, bust ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t9:o1:1 # text = Fields flooded, horses sold, bust 1 Fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flooded flood VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bust bu ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flood** | past | Fields | horses | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **sell** | participle | | horses *not said here* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Crops failed, cattle sold, broke ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t9:o2:1 # text = Crops failed, cattle sold, broke 1 Crops crop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fail** | past | Crops | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sell** | past | cattle | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **break** | past | Crops *not said here* | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Barns burnt, cattle died, skint ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t9:o3:1 # text = Barns burnt, cattle died, skint 1 Barns barn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 5 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 skint skint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burnt** | participle | | Barns and cattle *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **die** | past | Barns and cattle | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} Barns burnt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t9:o4:1 # text = Barns burnt 1 Barns barn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burnt** | participle | | Barns *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | **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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