--- title: wait, the cottager's hen laid gold eggs, then what? — Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury a… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, the cottager's hen laid gold eggs, then what? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 395 «Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a poor carpenter smashes his idol and gets gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/395-pg21-part16/t11/) [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 Image of Mercury a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/395-pg21-part16/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a… wait, the cottager's hen laid gold eggs, then what? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, hen · **What happens:** wait, lay · **To what, where:** gold eggs This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 395 «Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a poor carpenter smashes his idol and gets gold» 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/395-pg21-part16/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t11:1 # text = wait, the cottager's hen laid gold eggs, then what? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cottager cottager NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lay** | past | the cottager's hen | gold eggs | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result | 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 {#o1} they lost the gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t11:o1:1 # text = they lost the gold 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | they | the gold | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} they kept the hen and sold the golden eggs for a bag of coins at market ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t11:o2:1 # text = they kept the hen and sold the golden eggs for a bag of coins at market 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | they | the hen | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Theme | | 2 | **sell** | past | they *not said here* | the golden eggs | | market | | for a bag of coins | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent egg=Theme for bag=Asset | ### Option 3 {#o3} they slaughtered it for nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t11:o3:1 # text = they slaughtered it for nothing 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slaughtered slaughter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slaughter** | past | they | it | | | | for nothing | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} they killed it and got nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t11:o4:1 # text = they killed it and got nothing 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past | they | it | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past | they *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | **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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