--- title: ★★★ «The puppy was not famished, but he was certainly peckish.» Whic… — Vocabulary in context · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ «The puppy was not famished, but he was certainly peckish.» Which is closest to the meaning of peckish? Test 4 of lesson 20 «Vocabulary in context» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/20-vocabulary-in-context/t4/) [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/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Vocabulary in context](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/20-vocabulary-in-context/) / t4 # Test 4 · Vocabulary in context ★★★ «The puppy was not famished, but he was certainly peckish.» Which is closest to the meaning of peckish? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** puppy · **What happens:** not famish, be · **To what, where:** ★ This is test 4 of lesson 20 «Vocabulary in context» of the English 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/english/20-vocabulary-in-context/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ «The puppy was not famished, but he was certainly peckish.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t4:1 # text = ★★★ «The puppy was not famished, but he was certainly peckish.» 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 puppy puppy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 famished famish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 peckish peckish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **famish** *in a quote* | past · passive | | ★ | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | puppy | | | | | certainly, peckish *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. *Sentence 2:* Which is closest to the meaning of peckish? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t4:2 # text = Which is closest to the meaning of peckish? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 closest close ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 peckish peckish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | to the meaning of peckish; close *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A little hungry ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t4:o1:1 # text = A little hungry 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Not hungry at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t4:o2:1 # text = Not hungry at all 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Very, very hungry ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t4:o3:1 # text = Very, very hungry 1 Very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Thirsty ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t4:o4:1 # text = Thirsty 1 Thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` 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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