--- title: Ken whit a tithe is? Sounds like a boring tax thing — Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Ja… · tree and pragmatics description: Ken whit a tithe is? Sounds like a boring tax thing Test 7 · ★ of lesson 259 «Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight back from Elfland» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/259-pg14241-part26/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/) / [Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Ja…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/259-pg14241-part26/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight… Ken whit a tithe is? Sounds like a boring tax thing **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ken · **What happens:** be, sound This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 259 «Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight back from Elfland» 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/259-pg14241-part26/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ken whit a tithe is? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:t7:1 # text = Ken whit a tithe is? 1 Ken Ken PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 whit whit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tithe tithe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Ken | | | | | whit *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. *Sentence 2:* Sounds like a boring tax thing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:t7:2 # text = Sounds like a boring tax thing 1 Sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 boring boring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 tax tax NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | present | | | | | | like a boring tax thing | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Aye, a sort o fairy fine they pay ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:t7:o1:1 # text = Aye, a sort o fairy fine they pay 1 Aye aye INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 7 case _ _ 6 fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 fine fine NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 pay pay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | present | they | fairy fine *not said here* | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Asset | | 2 | **sort** | | | fairy fine | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Aye, it's like a tenth part they had to pay ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:t7:o2:1 # text = Aye, it's like a tenth part they had to pay 1 Aye aye INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 like like SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 tenth tenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a tenth part | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | they | a tenth part *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pay** | to-infinitive | a tenth part *not said here* | | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} A coin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:t7:o3:1 # text = A coin 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Aye, it's a wee bit o siller ye gie ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:t7:o4:1 # text = Aye, it's a wee bit o siller ye gie 1 Aye aye INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 wee wee ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 9 case _ _ 9 siller siller NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 11 gie gie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a wee bit | | | | of siller | tree rules | | 2 | **gie** | present | ye | a wee bit *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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