--- title: what was he thinking about at work all day? — Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a… · tree and pragmatics description: what was he thinking about at work all day? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 1216 «Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest and a promise» 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/1216-pg3282-part17/t14/) [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/) / [Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1216-pg3282-part17/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest… what was he thinking about at work all day? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** think This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1216 «Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest and a promise» 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/1216-pg3282-part17/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t14:1 # text = what was he thinking about at work all day? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | he | | | | day | about work | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | 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} thinking about the boss and his strange orders ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t14:o1:1 # text = thinking about the boss and his strange orders 1 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 about about ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | about the boss and his strange orders | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about boss=Topic | | 2 | **order** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} work ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t14:o2:1 # text = work 1 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the boss ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t14:o3:1 # text = the boss 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} counting the hours to get back to the forest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t14:o4:1 # text = counting the hours to get back to the forest 1 counting count VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | gerund | | | | | hour | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **get back** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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