--- title: Wicked, what did Michael the fox say about the valley? — Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews… · tree and pragmatics description: Wicked, what did Michael the fox say about the valley? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 699 «Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews three robes, Laufer confesses, Blauvor is beheaded» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/699-pg2435-part39/t10/) [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/) / [Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/699-pg2435-part39/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews three robes, Laufer… Wicked, what did Michael the fox say about the valley? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Wicked Michael · **What happens:** say · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 699 «Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews three robes, Laufer confesses, Blauvor is beheaded» 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/699-pg2435-part39/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:699-pg2435-part39:t10:1 # text = Wicked, what did Michael the fox say about the valley? 1 Wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 Michael Michael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Wicked Michael | | | | | about the valley | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} things taste stale ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:699-pg2435-part39:t10:o1:1 # text = things taste stale 1 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 taste taste VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 stale stale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **taste** | present | things | | | | | stale *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} meat tastes sour ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:699-pg2435-part39:t10:o2:1 # text = meat tastes sour 1 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tastes taste VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 sour sour ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **taste** | present | meat | | | | | sour *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} it's stale ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:699-pg2435-part39:t10:o3:1 # text = it's stale 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 stale stale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | stale *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} food is bad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:699-pg2435-part39:t10:o4:1 # text = food is bad 1 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | food | | | | | bad *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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