--- title: Yo, what did Jack's dad say he couldn't have? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dulla… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, what did Jack's dad say he couldn't have? Test 9 · ★ 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 dependency tree an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/819-pg27200-part30/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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dulla…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/819-pg27200-part30/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard, part 30: the Dry… Yo, what did Jack's dad say he couldn't have? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** do, say, not have · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t9:1 # text = Yo, what did Jack's dad say he couldn't have? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 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 0 root _ _ 5 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Jack's dad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **have** | could | dad | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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} a horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t9:o1:1 # text = a horse 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a pony ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t9:o2:1 # text = a pony 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a horse to ride to the palace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t9:o3:1 # text = a horse to ride to the palace 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | to-infinitive | | | | the palace | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to palace=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} a sack of gold for the long road ahead ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t9:o4:1 # text = a sack of gold for the long road ahead 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 9 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` 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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