--- title: Dude, what did the fly say she had, like thousands of what? — Andersen's Tales, The Last Dream of th… · tree and pragmatics description: Dude, what did the fly say she had, like thousands of what? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 866 «Andersen's Tales, The Last Dream of the Old Oak, part 1: the jumping contest ends, and the old oak gets ready for winter sleep» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/866-pg27200-part77/t8/) [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 Last Dream of th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/866-pg27200-part77/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Last Dream of the Old Oak, part 1: t… Dude, what did the fly say she had, like thousands of what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** do, say, have · **To what, where:** fly, thousands · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 866 «Andersen's Tales, The Last Dream of the Old Oak, part 1: the jumping contest ends, and the old oak gets ready for winter sleep» 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/866-pg27200-part77/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:866-pg27200-part77:t8:1 # text = Dude, what did the fly say she had, like thousands of what? 1 Dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ 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 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Dude | the fly | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Dude | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** | past | Dude | thousands | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thousand=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 {#o1} happy days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:866-pg27200-part77:t8:o1:1 # text = happy days 1 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} moments to be happy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:866-pg27200-part77:t8:o2:1 # text = moments to be happy 1 moments moment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} sunshine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:866-pg27200-part77:t8:o3:1 # text = sunshine 1 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} flowers in the summer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:866-pg27200-part77:t8:o4:1 # text = flowers in the summer 1 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` 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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