--- title: Be real, what was the thing standing on the stairs? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could Bu… · tree and pragmatics description: Be real, what was the thing standing on the stairs? Test 7 · ★ 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 tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/102-pg11027-part5/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!, part 1: a… Be real, what was the thing standing on the stairs? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** real thing · **What happens:** be, stand · **To what, where:** real thing, stairs This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:102-pg11027-part5:t7:1 # text = Be real, what was the thing standing on the stairs? 1 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 2 cop _ _ 2 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the real thing | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stand** | gerund | the real thing *not said here* | | | the stairs | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stair=Location | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} a white figure ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:102-pg11027-part5:t7:o1:1 # text = a white figure 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the sexton's wife in a white nightdress ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:102-pg11027-part5:t7:o2:1 # text = the sexton's wife in a white nightdress 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sexton sexton NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 nightdress nightdress NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a tall white figure with a sheet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:102-pg11027-part5:t7:o3:1 # text = a tall white figure with a sheet 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sheet sheet NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a tall shadow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:102-pg11027-part5:t7:o4:1 # text = a tall shadow 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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