--- title: Nan in Glasgow: "Och, the wee fish was a right fly one, so he was."… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1:… · tree and pragmatics description: Nan in Glasgow: "Och, the wee fish was a right fly one, so he was." ("wee" = small, "fly" = sly and clever.) Which fish does she mean? 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Which fish does she mean? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Nan, fish · **What happens:** be, mean · **To what, where:** right fly This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 74 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got his Throat» 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/74-justso-whale-throat/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Nan in Glasgow: "Och, the wee fish was a right fly one, so he was." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t7:1 # text = Nan in Glasgow: "Och, the wee fish was a right fly one, so he was." 1 Nan Nan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Glasgow Glasgow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Och och INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 wee wee ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Nan in Glasgow | a right fly | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | past | fish | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* ("wee" = small, "fly" = sly and clever.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t7:2 # text = ("wee" = small, "fly" = sly and clever.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 wee wee NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 = = SYM SYM _ 6 punct _ _ 6 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 = = SYM SYM _ 12 punct _ _ 12 sly sly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* Which fish does she mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t7:3 # text = Which fish does she mean? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | which fish | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The Mariner himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t7:o1:1 # text = The Mariner himself 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Mariner Mariner PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The small 'Stute Fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t7:o2:1 # text = The small 'Stute Fish 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Stute Stute PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Fish Fish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Mariner, the wee sailor from the raft ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t7:o3:1 # text = The Mariner, the wee sailor from the raft 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Mariner Mariner PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wee wee ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 raft raft NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The big Whale's tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t7:o4:1 # text = The big Whale's tail 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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