--- title: Your little brother asks why the dragon looked at the actor but the… — Special effects and stunts · tree and pragmatics description: Your little brother asks why the dragon looked at the actor but the actor looked at a ball. What happened? 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What happened? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little brother, dragon, actor · **What happens:** ask, look, happen · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 of lesson 25 «Special effects and stunts» of the arts 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/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your little brother asks why the dragon looked at the actor but the actor looked at a ball. ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:25-special-effects-and-stunts:t6:1 # text = Your little brother asks why the dragon looked at the actor but the actor looked at a ball. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 actor actor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 actor actor NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Your little brother | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **look** | past | the dragon | | | | | at the actor | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at actor=Theme | | 3 | **look** | past | the actor | | | | | at a ball | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at ball=Theme | 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:* What happened? ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:25-special-effects-and-stunts:t6:2 # text = What happened? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The ball was its baby ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:25-special-effects-and-stunts:t6:o1:1 # text = The ball was its baby 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the ball | ball's baby | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The dragon was added later by computer ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:25-special-effects-and-stunts:t6:o2:1 # text = The dragon was added later by computer 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 computer computer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | past · passive | computer | the dragon | | | | late *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The actor was too scared to look at the real dragon on set ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:25-special-effects-and-stunts:t6:o3:1 # text = The actor was too scared to look at the real dragon on set 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 actor actor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the actor | | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | the actor *not said here* | | | | | at the real dragon on set | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at dragon=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The dragon was invisible on that day and came back the next ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:25-special-effects-and-stunts:t6:o4:1 # text = The dragon was invisible on that day and came back the next 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the dragon | | | | day | invisible *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come back** | past | the dragon *not said here* | the next | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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