--- title: Yer one cracked a nut, right? Why did the Gallows Bird run off? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Yer one cracked a nut, right? Why did the Gallows Bird run off? Test 8 · ★ 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 qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1277-pg3454-part2/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, part 2: the boy become… Yer one cracked a nut, right? Why did the Gallows Bird run off? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Yer, Gallows Bird · **What happens:** crack, run off · **To what, where:** nut This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Yer one cracked a nut, right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:t8:1 # text = Yer one cracked a nut, right? 1 Yer yer PRON PRP Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 obj _ _ 3 cracked crack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crack** | past | Yer | a nut | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nut=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. *Sentence 2:* Why did the Gallows Bird run off? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:t8:2 # text = Why did the Gallows Bird run off? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Gallows Gallows PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 compound _ _ 5 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run off** | past · do-support | the Gallows Bird | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} the whole crowd of neighbours chased him out of the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:t8:o1:1 # text = the whole crowd of neighbours chased him out of the house 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | past | the whole crowd of neighbours | him *= he* | | the house | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out house=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} the police came in ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:t8:o2:1 # text = the police came in 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come in** | past | the police | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the crowd chased him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:t8:o3:1 # text = the crowd chased him 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | past | the crowd | him *= he* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} he had been caught stealing the last of the cheese ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:t8:o4:1 # text = he had been caught stealing the last of the cheese 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 stealing steal VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cheese cheese NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past · perfect · passive | | he | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **steal** | gerund | | the last of the cheese | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location last=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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