--- title: Wait, why did people call the councillor's wife "the Razor"? — Andersen's Tales, The Storm Shakes the… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, why did people call the councillor's wife "the Razor"? Test 6 · ★ 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 pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/994-pg27200-part205/t6/) [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 Storm Shakes the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/994-pg27200-part205/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Storm Shakes the Shield, part 1: gra… Wait, why did people call the councillor's wife "the Razor"? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, people · **What happens:** wait, call · **To what, where:** wife · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t6:1 # text = Wait, why did people call the councillor's wife "the Razor"? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 councillor councillor NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ _ 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Razor razor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **call** | past · do-support | people | the councillor's wife | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: 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 {#o1} she ran the barber's shop ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t6:o1:1 # text = she ran the barber's shop 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 barber barber NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | she | the barber's shop | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shop=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} she knew everyone's business ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t6:o2:1 # text = she knew everyone's business 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | she | everyone's business | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer business=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} she knew everyone's business and told it to the whole town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t6:o3:1 # text = she knew everyone's business and told it to the whole town 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | she | everyone's business | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer business=Stimulus | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she *not said here* | business | the whole town | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to town=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} she always spread the gossip about everyone's business in town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t6:o4:1 # text = she always spread the gossip about everyone's business in town 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gossip gossip NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | past | she | the gossip | | | | about everyone's business in town; always *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gossip=Theme about business=Destination | **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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