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title: Ayy, what did mother say grandpa had when he lied? — Andersen's Tales, The Storm Shakes the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ayy, what did mother say grandpa had when he lied? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 994 «Andersen's Tales, The Storm Shakes the Shield, part 1: grandpa recalls the shield parade, then the gale tears signs from their places» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 14 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Storm Shakes the Shield, part 1: gra…

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Ayy, what did mother say grandpa had when he lied?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mother, grandpa · **What happens:** say, have, lie · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 994 «Andersen's Tales, The Storm Shakes the Shield, part 1: grandpa recalls the shield parade, then the gale tears signs from their places» 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/994-pg27200-part205/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t14:1
# text = Ayy, what did mother say grandpa had when he lied?
1	Ayy	Ayy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	lied	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | mother |  |  |  |  | Ayy *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | grandpa |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lie** | past | grandpa |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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a rogue on his back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t14:o1:1
# text = a rogue on his back
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rogue	rogue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a sack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t14:o2:1
# text = a sack
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a sign on his back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t14:o3:1
# text = a sign on his back
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a bell on his coat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t14:o4:1
# text = a bell on his coat
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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