--- title: Wait, the boy was tall already, right? — The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of th… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, the boy was tall already, right? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1135 «The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part 1: a strong boy beats crocodiles and a giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1135-pg3027-part1/t3/) [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/) / [The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1135-pg3027-part1/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part… Wait, the boy was tall already, right? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, boy · **What happens:** wait, be This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1135 «The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part 1: a strong boy beats crocodiles and a giant» 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/1135-pg3027-part1/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:t3:1 # text = Wait, the boy was tall already, right? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ 7 already already ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 right right INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? 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** | past | the boy | | | | | tall *property* | 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 {#o1} Nope, he grew up slowly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:t3:o1:1 # text = Nope, he grew up slowly 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow up** | past | he | | | | | slowly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yep, he was tall and strong from birth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:t3:o2:1 # text = Yep, he was tall and strong from birth 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | birth | | tall *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yep, he was tall and strong from birth and everyone already knew it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:t3:o3:1 # text = Yep, he was tall and strong from birth and everyone already knew it 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 13 nsubj _ _ 12 already already ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | birth | | tall *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | past | everyone | birth | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nope, he was a small kid but grew super tall after the pool ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:t3:o4:1 # text = Nope, he was a small kid but grew super tall after the pool 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 super super ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 12 after after ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | he | a small kid | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | past | | | | | after the pool | tall *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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