--- title: Did the elder bro laugh or cry when the little one talked about shiv… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could Bu… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the elder bro laugh or cry when the little one talked about shivering? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 102 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!, part 1: a simple boy is sent to learn shivering and throws a ghost down the stairs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/102-pg11027-part5/t5/) [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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could Bu…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/102-pg11027-part5/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!, part 1: a… Did the elder bro laugh or cry when the little one talked about shivering? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** elder bro, little one · **What happens:** laugh, cry, shiver This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 102 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!, part 1: a simple boy is sent to learn shivering and throws a ghost down the stairs» 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/102-pg11027-part5/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:102-pg11027-part5:t5:1 # text = Did the elder bro laugh or cry when the little one talked about shivering? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 talked talk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 aux _ _ 13 about about SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 shivering shiver VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past · do-support | the elder bro | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | the elder bro *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **shiver** | participle | the little one | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} cried ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:102-pg11027-part5:t5:o1:1 # text = cried 1 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} he sighed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:102-pg11027-part5:t5:o2:1 # text = he sighed 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sighed sigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sigh** | past | he | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} wept ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:102-pg11027-part5:t5:o3:1 # text = wept 1 wept wept INTJ UH _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} he laughed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:102-pg11027-part5:t5:o4:1 # text = he laughed 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | he | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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