--- title: Wait, what was the fawn doing when the chase started? — Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fe… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what was the fawn doing when the chase started? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1047 «Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound, Tuiren is freed, Fionn chases a fawn» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/t12/) [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/) / [Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound… Wait, what was the fawn doing when the chase started? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, fawn, chase · **What happens:** wait, be, do, start · **To what, where:** fawn This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1047 «Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound, Tuiren is freed, Fionn chases a fawn» 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/1047-pg2892-part15/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:t12:1 # text = Wait, what was the fawn doing when the chase started? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fawn fawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 chase chase NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 started start VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the fawn | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | gerund | the fawn *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **start** | participle | the chase | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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} It was lying in the thicket until it leaped out suddenly at the men ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:t12:o1:1 # text = It was lying in the thicket until it leaped out suddenly at the men 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 thicket thicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 until until SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 leaped leap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past · progressive | It | | | the thicket | | at the men; suddenly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in thicket=Location | | 2 | **leap out** | past | thicket | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It leaped out from the covert ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:t12:o2:1 # text = It leaped out from the covert 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 leaped leap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 covert covert NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leap out** | past | It | | | the covert | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from covert=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} It was sleeping in the grass ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:t12:o3:1 # text = It was sleeping in the grass 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | past · progressive | It | | | the grass | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in grass=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} It was grazing in the field ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:t12:o4:1 # text = It was grazing in the field 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grazing graze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **graze** | past · progressive | It | | | the field | | | vn dine-39.5 «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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