--- title: ngl the cockatrice is kinda rude, ye? — The Book of Dragons, The Last of the D… · tree and pragmatics description: ngl the cockatrice is kinda rude, ye? Test 12 · ★ 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 opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/659-pg23661-part27/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 27: Edm… ngl the cockatrice is kinda rude, ye? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, cockatrice · **What happens:** ngl, be · **To what, where:** ye This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:659-pg23661-part27:t12:1 # text = ngl the cockatrice is kinda rude, ye? 1 ngl ngl VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cockatrice cockatrice NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 kinda kinda ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 1 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ngl** | imperative | you *not said here* | ye | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | the cockatrice | | | | | kinda, rude *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 {#o1} yeah, it told Edmund off and then went straight to sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:659-pg23661-part27:t12:o1:1 # text = yeah, it told Edmund off and then went straight to sleep 1 yeah yeah 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 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Edmund Edmund PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 iobj _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 straight straight ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | past | it | | Edmund | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent edmund=Recipient | | 2 | **go** | past | | | | | then | straight *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, it shouted at him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:659-pg23661-part27:t12:o2:1 # text = yeah, it shouted at him 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | it | | | | | at him *= he* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} yeah, it scolded Edmund for asking questions all day long ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:659-pg23661-part27:t12:o3:1 # text = yeah, it scolded Edmund for asking questions all day long 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 scolded scold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Edmund Edmund PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 for for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 8 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scold** | past | it | Edmund | | | | long *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent edmund=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | questions | | | day | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yeah, it told Edmund off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:659-pg23661-part27:t12:o4:1 # text = yeah, it told Edmund off 1 yeah yeah 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 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Edmund Edmund PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 iobj _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | past | it | | Edmund | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent edmund=Recipient | **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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