--- title: lol did the cockatrice ever say sorry? — The Book of Dragons, The Last of the D… · tree and pragmatics description: lol did the cockatrice ever say sorry? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 659 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 27: Edmund fetches the drakling and tricks it into the fire-shaft» 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/659-pg23661-part27/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/) / [The Book of Dragons, The Last of the D…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/659-pg23661-part27/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 27: Edm… lol did the cockatrice ever say sorry? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cockatrice · **What happens:** do, say · **To what, where:** cockatrice · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 659 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 27: Edmund fetches the drakling and tricks it into the fire-shaft» 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/659-pg23661-part27/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:659-pg23661-part27:t11:1 # text = lol did the cockatrice ever say sorry? 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cockatrice cockatrice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 7 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the cockatrice | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cockatrice=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | infinitive | the cockatrice *not said here* | | | | ever | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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} nope, it kept on talking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:659-pg23661-part27:t11:o1:1 # text = nope, it kept on talking 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | it | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **talk** | gerund | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} nope, instead it stormed off into the back of the cave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:659-pg23661-part27:t11:o2:1 # text = nope, instead it stormed off into the back of the cave 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 instead instead ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stormed storm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **storm off** | past | it | | | the back of the cave | | instead *property* | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} nope, it just went to sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:659-pg23661-part27:t11:o3:1 # text = nope, it just went to sleep 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | it | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} nope, it yawned and told him to sit down and be quiet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:659-pg23661-part27:t11:o4:1 # text = nope, it yawned and told him to sit down and be quiet 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 yawned yawn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 10 down down ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 13 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yawn** | past | it | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **sit down** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | **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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