--- title: bro why'd the dude beat Mignon? — Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charn… · tree and pragmatics description: bro why'd the dude beat Mignon? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 361 «Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charney's plant is saved, and Mignon dances» 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/361-pg18442-part21/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/) / [Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charn…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/361-pg18442-part21/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charney's plant is saved,… bro why'd the dude beat Mignon? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** beat · **To what, where:** Mignon This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 361 «Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charney's plant is saved, and Mignon dances» 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/361-pg18442-part21/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:t9:1 # text = bro why'd the dude beat Mignon? 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:outer _ _ 2 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Mignon Mignon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | past | bro | Mignon | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mignon=Theme | 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} cuz he was mad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:t9:o1:1 # text = cuz he was mad 1 cuz cuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | cuz *not said here* | | | | mad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} idk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:t9:o2:1 # text = idk 1 idk idk PUNCT NFP _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} cuz he's the rope-dancers' boss ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:t9:o3:1 # text = cuz he's the rope-dancers' boss 1 cuz cuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 dancers dancer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | cuz | the rope dancers's boss | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} cuz she wouldn't eat her soup ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:t9:o4:1 # text = cuz she wouldn't eat her soup 1 cuz cuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 soup soup NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **eat** | would | she | her soup | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soup=Patient | **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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