--- title: What's piping mean then, like, a pipe? — The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and th… · tree and pragmatics description: What's piping mean then, like, a pipe? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 362 «The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dances for a wolf is saved by the Shepherd Dogs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/362-pg19994-part1/t13/) [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/) / [The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/362-pg19994-part1/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dan… What's piping mean then, like, a pipe? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** pipe, be This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 362 «The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dances for a wolf is saved by the Shepherd Dogs» 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/362-pg19994-part1/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:t13:1 # text = What's piping mean then, like, a pipe? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 piping pipe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 like like INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pipe** | gerund | | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | then | mean *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A kind of hat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:t13:o1:1 # text = A kind of hat 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Playing a tune on a pipe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:t13:o2:1 # text = Playing a tune on a pipe 1 Playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | gerund | | a tune | | a pipe | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Shouting loudly at sheep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:t13:o3:1 # text = Shouting loudly at sheep 1 Shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | at sheep; loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} A type of bread ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:t13:o4:1 # text = A type of bread 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 type type NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **type** | | | bread | | | | | nom type «cognition transitive»: of=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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