--- title: Wait, what did the potted plant say, like, roast him or what? — Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a but… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what did the potted plant say, like, roast him or what? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 808 «Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a butterfly cannot choose a wife and is pinned in a box of curiosities» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/808-pg27200-part19/t5/) [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/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a but…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/808-pg27200-part19/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a butterfly cannot choose… Wait, what did the potted plant say, like, roast him or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, potted plant · **What happens:** wait, do, pot, say, roast · **To what, where:** plant · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 808 «Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a butterfly cannot choose a wife and is pinned in a box of curiosities» 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/808-pg27200-part19/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:t5:1 # text = Wait, what did the potted plant say, like, roast him or what? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 potted pot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 roast roast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pot** | participle | | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the potted plant | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **roast** | infinitive | | plant | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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} That his comfort was really poor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:t5:o1:1 # text = That his comfort was really poor 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | his comfort | | | | | poor *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **comfort** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom comfort «state transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Roasted, sorta ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:t5:o2:1 # text = Roasted, sorta 1 Roasted roast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sorta sorta NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roast** | participle | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It said he was pretty dumb lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:t5:o3:1 # text = It said he was pretty dumb lol 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 7 lol lol INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | It | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | he | | | | | dumb, pretty *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It said his comfort's pretty weak ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:t5:o4:1 # text = It said his comfort's pretty weak 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | It | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | his comfort | | | | | pretty, weak *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **comfort** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom comfort «state transitive»: poss=agent | **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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