--- title: Ah sure, how did the boy get his ma not to know it was him? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Ah sure, how did the boy get his ma not to know it was him? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1277 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, part 2: the boy becomes a thief's apprentice and robs a farmer at Hallowe'en» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1277-pg3454-part2/t3/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1277-pg3454-part2/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, part 2: the boy become… Ah sure, how did the boy get his ma not to know it was him? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ma · **What happens:** do, get, not know, be · **To what, where:** boy, ma · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1277 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, part 2: the boy becomes a thief's apprentice and robs a farmer at Hallowe'en» 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/1277-pg3454-part2/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:t3:1 # text = Ah sure, how did the boy get his ma not to know it was him? 1 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 ma ma NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the boy | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Eventuality | | 2 | **get** | present | | boy's ma | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ma=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **know** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | past | ma | boy | | | | | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} changed his voice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:t3:o1:1 # text = changed his voice 1 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past | | his voice | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} hid his face ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:t3:o2:1 # text = hid his face 1 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | | his face | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} used a funny voice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:t3:o3:1 # text = used a funny voice 1 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past | | a funny voice | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} ran away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:t3:o4:1 # text = ran away 1 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run away** | past | | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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