--- title: was the old lady scared someone was watching? — Basuto Tales, Thakane and Dilah: a mot… · tree and pragmatics description: was the old lady scared someone was watching? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1225 «Basuto Tales, Thakane and Dilah: a mother hides her baby from the ogre's pot, and a father pays a thousand cattle to win back his daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1225-pg3282-part26/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/) / [Basuto Tales, Thakane and Dilah: a mot…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1225-pg3282-part26/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Basuto Tales, Thakane and Dilah: a mother hides her baby f… was the old lady scared someone was watching? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** someone · **What happens:** be, scare, watch · **To what, where:** old lady This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1225 «Basuto Tales, Thakane and Dilah: a mother hides her baby from the ogre's pot, and a father pays a thousand cattle to win back his daughter» 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/1225-pg3282-part26/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1225-pg3282-part26:t11:1 # text = was the old lady scared someone was watching? 1 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 csubj _ _ 5 scared scare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the old lady | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **scare** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **watch** | past · progressive | someone | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | 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, she felt eyes on them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1225-pg3282-part26:t11:o1:1 # text = yeah, she felt eyes on them 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | she | eyes | | | | on eyes *= eye* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent eye=Theme on they=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, she was chill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1225-pg3282-part26:t11:o2:1 # text = nah, she was chill 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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 chill chill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | chill *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, she saw a bird fly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1225-pg3282-part26:t11:o3:1 # text = nah, she saw a bird fly 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | she | a bird fly | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fly=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, she heard a cow moo ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1225-pg3282-part26:t11:o4:1 # text = yeah, she heard a cow moo 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 moo moo NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | she | a cow moo | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer moo=Stimulus | **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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