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title: what did the fishermen say about the catch? — Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfr… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the fishermen say about the catch? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 341 «Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, part 1: Alfred shares his last bread and wine, then sees a vision» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, p…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what did the fishermen say about the catch?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fishermen · **What happens:** do, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 341 «Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, part 1: Alfred shares his last bread and wine, then sees a vision» 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/341-pg18442-part1/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t6:1
# text = what did the fishermen say about the catch?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fishermen	fisherman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	catch	catch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the fishermen |  |  |  |  | about the catch | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they caught more fish that day than ever before, legit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t6:o1:1
# text = they caught more fish that day than ever before, legit
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	before	before	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	legit	legit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | they | more fish |  |  | day | legit *obl*; before *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the catch was the biggest they had ever seen, legit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t6:o2:1
# text = the catch was the biggest they had ever seen, legit
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	catch	catch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	legit	legit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the catch |  |  |  |  | legit *obl*; big *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past · perfect | they |  |  |  | ever |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they caught more fish that day than ever before in all the years of their lives, legit

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t6:o3:1
# text = they caught more fish that day than ever before in all the years of their lives, legit
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	before	before	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	legit	legit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | they | more fish |  |  | day | legit *obl*; before *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they caught more fish that day than any crew had ever caught on this whole coast, legit fr

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t6:o4:1
# text = they caught more fish that day than any crew had ever caught on this whole coast, legit fr
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	12	advmod	_	_
12	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	legit	legit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | they | more fish |  |  | day | legit fr *obl* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |
| 2 | **catch** | past · perfect · passive |  | any crew |  | this whole coast | ever |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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