--- title: Dude, why was the corn still in the field? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Serpent's Wife… · tree and pragmatics description: Dude, why was the corn still in the field? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1110 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Serpent's Wife, part 16: Tremsin wins the herd and the Nastasia's riddle, then a labourer's wife turns out to be a serpent» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1110-pg29672-part16/t11/) [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/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, The Serpent's Wife…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1110-pg29672-part16/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Serpent's Wife, part 16: Tremsin w… Dude, why was the corn still in the field? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** corn, field This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1110 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Serpent's Wife, part 16: Tremsin wins the herd and the Nastasia's riddle, then a labourer's wife turns out to be a serpent» 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/1110-pg29672-part16/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:t11:1 # text = Dude, why was the corn still in the field? 1 Dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 1 acl:relcl _ _ 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 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Dude | the corn | | the field | | | 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 {#o1} Nobody had bothered to look ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:t11:o1:1 # text = Nobody had bothered to look 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 bothered bother VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bother** | past · perfect | Nobody | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | Nobody *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} The field was flooded so he couldn't get the cart in there at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:t11:o2:1 # text = The field was flooded so he couldn't get the cart in there at all 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 field field 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 flooded flood VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 so so SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 obl _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flood** | past · passive | | the field | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **not** **get** | could | he | the cart | | all | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent cart=Theme at all=Asset | ### Option 3 {#o3} He had been ill in bed for most of the whole summer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:t11:o3:1 # text = He had been ill in bed for most of the whole summer 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 4 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | He | | | bed | | for most of the whole summer; ill *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nobody had gathered it in ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:t11:o4:1 # text = Nobody had gathered it in 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | past · perfect | Nobody | it | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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