--- title: wait is little thumb the smallest, like no bigger than a thumb? — Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: wait is little thumb the smallest, like no bigger than a thumb? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1088 «Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 13: lost again, birds eat the bread, a storm in the night» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1088-pg29021-part13/t9/) [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/) / [Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1088-pg29021-part13/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 13: lost again, birds… wait is little thumb the smallest, like no bigger than a thumb? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** wait little thumb This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1088 «Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 13: lost again, birds eat the bread, a storm in the night» 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/1088-pg29021-part13/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:t9:1 # text = wait is little thumb the smallest, like no bigger than a thumb? 1 wait wait NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 thumb thumb NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 smallest small ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 no no ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 11 than than ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 thumb thumb NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | wait little thumb | | | | | tree rules | 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} yeah, that's why they called him that ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:t9:o1:1 # text = yeah, that's why they called him that 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | past | they | him *= he* | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme that=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, that's why he's so small ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:t9:o2:1 # text = yeah, that's why he's so small 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | he | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, that's why the name fits ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:t9:o3:1 # text = yeah, that's why the name fits 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 fits fit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fit** | present | the name | | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, super tiny ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:t9:o4:1 # text = yeah, super tiny 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 super super ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 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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