--- title: What riddle did she ask him after the sack, innit? — English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brain… · tree and pragmatics description: What riddle did she ask him after the sack, innit? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 253 «English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hobyahs are beaten, the fool's mother dies, and a lass offers to help him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/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/) / [English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brain…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hoby… What riddle did she ask him after the sack, innit? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** be, ask, innit · **To what, where:** him This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 253 «English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hobyahs are beaten, the fool's mother dies, and a lass offers to help him» 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/253-pg14241-part20/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t8:1 # text = What riddle did she ask him after the sack, innit? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 obl _ _ 2 riddle riddle AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · do-support | she | | him *= he* | | after the sack | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **innit** | infinitive | she *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} what's round but isn't a ball ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t8:o1:1 # text = what's round but isn't a ball 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | round *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is a** | present | | a ball | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} what's yellow and shining but isn't gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t8:o2:1 # text = what's yellow and shining but isn't gold 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 conj _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | yellow *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **is a** | present | | gold | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} what's yellow? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t8:o3:1 # text = what's yellow? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | yellow *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} what's white but isn't milk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t8:o4:1 # text = what's white but isn't milk 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | white *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is a** | present | | milk | | | | | 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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