--- title: Did the snails think they were posh, or what? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Fami… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the snails think they were posh, or what? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 846 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails find a wife for their adopted son» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/846-pg27200-part57/t13/) [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, The Happy Fami…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/846-pg27200-part57/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails f… Did the snails think they were posh, or what? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** snails · **What happens:** think, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 846 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails find a wife for their adopted son» 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/846-pg27200-part57/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:t13:1 # text = Did the snails think they were posh, or what? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 snails snail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 posh posh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the snails | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | snails *= snail* | | | | | posh *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 {#o1} Nah, they were humble people who gave away their houses to anyone who asked for one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:t13:o1:1 # text = Nah, they were humble people who gave away their houses to anyone who asked for one 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 obl _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | they | humble people | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give away** | past | humble people | people's houses | anyone | | | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent house=Theme to anyone=Recipient | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | for one | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, they were just average ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:t13:o2:1 # text = Nah, they were just average 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 average average ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | average *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, they thought they were the nobbest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:t13:o3:1 # text = Yeah, they thought they were the nobbest 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 nobbest nobb ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | they | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | they | | | | | nobb *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, they were humble ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:t13:o4:1 # text = Nah, they were humble 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | humble *property* | tree rules | **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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