--- title: What was the sentinel going to crush? — Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Th… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the sentinel going to crush? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 124 «Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Frog becomes a Prince, Henry's bands break, and Tom Thumb ends up in a cow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/124-pg11027-part27/t10/) [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/) / [Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/124-pg11027-part27/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Fr… What was the sentinel going to crush? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sentinel · **What happens:** be, go, crush This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 124 «Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Frog becomes a Prince, Henry's bands break, and Tom Thumb ends up in a cow» 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/124-pg11027-part27/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:t10:1 # text = What was the sentinel going to crush? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 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 sentinel sentinel NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 crush crush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the sentinel | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | gerund | the sentinel *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **crush** | to-infinitive | the sentinel *not said here* | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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} The thief who had hidden inside the tall oak chest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:t10:o1:1 # text = The thief who had hidden inside the tall oak chest 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 inside inside ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past · perfect · passive | | the thief | | the tall oak chest | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient inside chest=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} A fly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:t10:o2:1 # text = A fly 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} An ugly spider ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:t10:o3:1 # text = An ugly spider 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 spider spider NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} A dusty mouse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:t10:o4:1 # text = A dusty mouse 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 dusty dusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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