--- title: what does retorted mean, like she retorted back, is that like a come… — Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb:… · tree and pragmatics description: what does retorted mean, like she retorted back, is that like a comeback Test 9 · ★ of lesson 367 «Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excuses to eat a Lamb» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/367-pg19994-part6/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/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/367-pg19994-part6/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excu… what does retorted mean, like she retorted back, is that like a comeback **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** retort, mean, retort back, be · **To what, where:** that · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 367 «Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excuses to eat a Lamb» 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/367-pg19994-part6/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t9:1 # text = what does retorted mean, like she retorted back, is that like a comeback 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 retorted retort VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 like like SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 retorted retort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ _ 13 like like ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 comeback comeback NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retort** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** | present · do-support | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **retort back** *speech: other* | past | she | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | | that | | | | like a comeback | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} answered back sharply ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t9:o1:1 # text = answered back sharply 1 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 sharply sharply ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer back** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | sharply *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} replied ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t9:o2:1 # text = replied 1 replied reply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} gave a short reply ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t9:o3:1 # text = gave a short reply 1 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | | a short reply | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reply=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} answered back slowly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t9:o4:1 # text = answered back slowly 1 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer back** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | slowly *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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