--- title: Mate in Glasgow: «met the King, like, the cakes were mint, the hats… — Too many details, too few · tree and pragmatics description: Mate in Glasgow: «met the King, like, the cakes were mint, the hats were mad». Ask what? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 450 «Too many details, too few» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/450-too-many-details-too-few/t2/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Too many details, too few](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/450-too-many-details-too-few/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★★ · Too many details, too few Mate in Glasgow: «met the King, like, the cakes were mint, the hats were mad». Ask what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, cakes, hats, you · **What happens:** meet, be, ask · **To what, where:** King, mint This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 450 «Too many details, too few» of the everyday 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/everyday/450-too-many-details-too-few/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mate in Glasgow: «met the King, like, the cakes were mint, the hats were mad». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t2:1 # text = Mate in Glasgow: «met the King, like, the cakes were mint, the hats were mad». 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Glasgow Glasgow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 like like INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 mint mint NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 hats hat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 » » PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** *in a quote* | past | Mate in Glasgow | the King | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the cakes | mint | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the hats | | | | | mad *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:* Ask what? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t2:2 # text = Ask what? 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} What flavour were the cakes? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t2:o1:1 # text = What flavour were the cakes? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 flavour flavour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | what flavour | the cakes | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} What time was the party? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t2:o2:1 # text = What time was the party? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | what time | the party | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} What was the King like? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t2:o3:1 # text = What was the King like? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 like like INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the King | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} What colour were the hats? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t2:o4:1 # text = What colour were the hats? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hats hat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | what colour | the hats | | | | | 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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