--- title: the boy asked if his mum was good for nothing, right? — Andersen's Tales, The Glovemaker's Widow · tree and pragmatics description: the boy asked if his mum was good for nothing, right? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 845 «Andersen's Tales, The Glovemaker's Widow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/845-pg27200-part56/t11/) [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 Glovemaker's Widow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/845-pg27200-part56/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Glovemaker's Widow the boy asked if his mum was good for nothing, right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, mum · **What happens:** ask, be This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 845 «Andersen's Tales, The Glovemaker's Widow» 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/845-pg27200-part56/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:845-pg27200-part56:t11:1 # text = the boy asked if his mum was good for nothing, right? 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the boy | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | boy's mum | | | | | for nothing; good *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} Nah, he asked the mayor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:845-pg27200-part56:t11:o1:1 # text = Nah, he asked the mayor 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mayor mayor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he | the mayor | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mayor=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he didn't ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:845-pg27200-part56:t11:o2:1 # text = Nah, he didn't 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, he asked Martha straight up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:845-pg27200-part56:t11:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he asked Martha straight up 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Martha Martha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 iobj _ _ 6 straight straight ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 up up ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he | | Martha | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent martha=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, he asked her directly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:845-pg27200-part56:t11:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he asked her directly 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 directly directly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he | | her *= she* | | | directly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | **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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