--- title: Wait, did the gnome throw a stone or a thunderbolt? — Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Gnome a… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, did the gnome throw a stone or a thunderbolt? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1252 «Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Gnome and the Princess: the princess tricks the gnome and escapes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1252-pg3282-part53/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/) / [Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Gnome a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1252-pg3282-part53/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Gnome and the Princess: the… Wait, did the gnome throw a stone or a thunderbolt? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, do, throw · **To what, where:** gnome, stone This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1252 «Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Gnome and the Princess: the princess tricks the gnome and escapes» 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/1252-pg3282-part53/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1252-pg3282-part53:t10:1 # text = Wait, did the gnome throw a stone or a thunderbolt? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gnome gnome NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 thunderbolt thunderbolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? 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 | **do** | past | you *not said here* | the gnome | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gnome=Eventuality | | 3 | **throw** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a stone or a thunderbolt | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=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} a thunderbolt at her and then a stone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1252-pg3282-part53:t10:o1:1 # text = a thunderbolt at her and then a stone 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 thunderbolt thunderbolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} a huge thunderbolt aimed directly at her head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1252-pg3282-part53:t10:o2:1 # text = a huge thunderbolt aimed directly at her head 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 thunderbolt thunderbolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 aimed aim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 directly directly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **aim** | participle | | a huge thunderbolt *not said here* | | her head | | directly *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} a thunderbolt at her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1252-pg3282-part53:t10:o3:1 # text = a thunderbolt at her 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 thunderbolt thunderbolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a golden spear at her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1252-pg3282-part53:t10:o4:1 # text = a golden spear at her 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ ``` 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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