--- title: Proper weird, what's wrong with the second brother's nails? — English Fairy Tales, The King of Engla… · tree and pragmatics description: Proper weird, what's wrong with the second brother's nails? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 254 «English Fairy Tales, The King of England and His Three Sons, part 1: Jack rides off for golden apples and meets three strange old men» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/254-pg14241-part21/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, The King of Engla…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/254-pg14241-part21/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The King of England and His Three Son… Proper weird, what's wrong with the second brother's nails? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 254 «English Fairy Tales, The King of England and His Three Sons, part 1: Jack rides off for golden apples and meets three strange old men» 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/254-pg14241-part21/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:254-pg14241-part21:t12:1 # text = Proper weird, what's wrong with the second brother's nails? 1 Proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 10 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 nails nail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | with the second brother's nails; wrong *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 {#o1} They were very sharp ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:254-pg14241-part21:t12:o1:1 # text = They were very sharp 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | sharp *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} They were so long they curled round his fingers twice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:254-pg14241-part21:t12:o2:1 # text = They were so long they curled round his fingers twice 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 curled curl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 round round ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **curl** | past | they | | | his fingers | | twice *property* | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round finger=Destination | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They were never cut ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:254-pg14241-part21:t12:o3:1 # text = They were never cut 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **cut** | past · passive | | They | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} They had grown as long as claws and were never trimmed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:254-pg14241-part21:t12:o4:1 # text = They had grown as long as claws and were never trimmed 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 trimmed trim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past · perfect | They | | | | | as claws; long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **trim** | past · passive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP» | **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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