--- title: What's the deal with the fish-oil, why'd they rub it on? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dulla… · tree and pragmatics description: What's the deal with the fish-oil, why'd they rub it on? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 819 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard, part 30: the Dryad vanishes at dawn, then Jack sets off on his Billy-goat and finds a dead crow and an old shoe» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/819-pg27200-part30/t7/) [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 Fairy Tales, Jack the Dulla…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/819-pg27200-part30/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard, part 30: the Dry… What's the deal with the fish-oil, why'd they rub it on? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** be, rub on · **To what, where:** deal, oil This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 819 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard, part 30: the Dryad vanishes at dawn, then Jack sets off on his Billy-goat and finds a dead crow and an old shoe» 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/819-pg27200-part30/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t7:1 # text = What's the deal with the fish-oil, why'd they rub it on? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 rub rub VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 on on ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the deal | | | | with the fish oil | tree rules | | 2 | **rub on** | present | they | oil | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} to sound smooth and glib ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t7:o1:1 # text = to sound smooth and glib 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sound sound VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 glib glib ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | to-infinitive | | | | | | smooth *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} so they could talk like the King's advisers in court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t7:o2:1 # text = so they could talk like the King's advisers in court 1 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 advisers adviser NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | could | they | | | court | | like the King's advisers | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} to make their speeches sound smooth and glib before the princess ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t7:o3:1 # text = to make their speeches sound smooth and glib before the princess 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 speeches speech NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 sound sound VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 glib glib ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 before before ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | their speeches | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset speech=Product | | 2 | **sound** | present | | | | | before the princess | smooth *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before princess=Location | | 3 | **speak** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} to look fancy and proud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t7:o4:1 # text = to look fancy and proud 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 fancy fancy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | fancy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | **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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