--- title: why was the fog there, mate? — West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief,… · tree and pragmatics description: why was the fog there, mate? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1160 «West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is crowned by a lion; Pinkel escapes a witch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1160-pg3027-part26/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/) / [West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1160-pg3027-part26/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is cr… why was the fog there, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fog · **What happens:** be This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1160 «West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is crowned by a lion; Pinkel escapes a witch» 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/1160-pg3027-part26/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:t7:1 # text = why was the fog there, mate? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fog fog NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the fog and mate | | | | | why *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} cos the rowers feared a rock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:t7:o1:1 # text = cos the rowers feared a rock 1 cos cos VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rowers rower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fear** | past | the rowers | a rock | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} cos the witch's spell had made the whole sea go wild and grey ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:t7:o2:1 # text = cos the witch's spell had made the whole sea go wild and grey 1 cos cos VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 12 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | the witch's spell | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary sea=Product | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | wild *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **spell** | | the witch | | | | | | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} cos the crew was feared ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:t7:o3:1 # text = cos the crew was feared 1 cos cos VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 feared fear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fear** | past · passive | | the crew | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} cos the rowers feared the rock that was hidden in the fog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:t7:o4:1 # text = cos the rowers feared the rock that was hidden in the fog 1 cos cos VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rowers rower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fog fog NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fear** | past | the rowers | the rock | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hide** | past · passive | | the rock | | the fog | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in fog=Location | **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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