--- title: ★★★ Toad's song says the clever men at Oxford «none of them know one… — Off with her head and the finest house… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Toad's song says the clever men at Oxford «none of them know one half as much» as Toad. If that were true and Toad knew 100 facts, what is the most any Oxford man could know? 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If that were true and Toad knew 100 facts, what is the most any Oxford man could know? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, none, Toad, that, Oxford man · **What happens:** say, know, sing, be · **To what, where:** clever men, Oxford, one half, 100 facts · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 54 «Off with her head and the finest house on the river: Alice and Toad» of the language 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/language/54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Toad's song says the clever men at Oxford «none of them know one half as much» as Toad. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad:t10:1 # text = ★★★ Toad's song says the clever men at Oxford «none of them know one half as much» as Toad. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Oxford Oxford PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 « « PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 17 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod _ _ 17 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 17 obj _ _ 20 as as ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 much much ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 » » PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ ★ ★ Toad's song | the clever men | | Oxford | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent man=Topic | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | none | one half | | | | as Toad | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer half=Stimulus as toad=Attribute | | 3 | **sing** | | Toad | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=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. *Sentence 2:* If that were true and Toad knew 100 facts, what is the most any Oxford man could know? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad:t10:2 # text = If that were true and Toad knew 100 facts, what is the most any Oxford man could know? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 obj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 19 advmod _ _ 15 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 16 Oxford Oxford PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | that | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | past | Toad | 100 facts | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer fact=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | present | | 100 facts | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | could | any Oxford man | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} More than 200 facts ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad:t10:o1:1 # text = More than 200 facts 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 3 advmod _ _ 2 than than ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 200 200 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} All the facts there are ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad:t10:o2:1 # text = All the facts there are 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **does** | present | all facts | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Exactly 100 facts ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad:t10:o3:1 # text = Exactly 100 facts 1 Exactly exactly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Less than 50 facts ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad:t10:o4:1 # text = Less than 50 facts 1 Less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 3 advmod _ _ 2 than than ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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