--- title: how did the horse diss the mare, like, for real? — Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Coul… · tree and pragmatics description: how did the horse diss the mare, like, for real? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 670 «Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the king adopts the boy, and the sword slides home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/670-pg2435-part10/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/) / [Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Coul…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/670-pg2435-part10/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the… how did the horse diss the mare, like, for real? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** horse · **What happens:** be, diss · **To what, where:** mare This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 670 «Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the king adopts the boy, and the sword slides home» 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/670-pg2435-part10/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:t9:1 # text = how did the horse diss the mare, like, for real? 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 diss diss VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 like like INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the horse | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **diss** | present | | the mare | | | | | 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} said she carried a fat lady ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:t9:o1:1 # text = said she carried a fat lady 1 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **carry** | past | she | a fat lady | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} said she was so heavy the farmer had to shoe her twice a year ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:t9:o2:1 # text = said she was so heavy the farmer had to shoe her twice a year 1 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:unmarked _ _ 12 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | year | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | past | she | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | the farmer | shoe her | | | | twice *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} told her she was chunky ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:t9:o3:1 # text = told her she was chunky 1 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 chunky chunky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | her *= she* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past | she | | | | | chunky *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} said she hauled a big lady ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:t9:o4:1 # text = said she hauled a big lady 1 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hauled haul VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **haul** | past | she | a big lady | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Theme | **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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