--- title: Did he hang on to his gear or ditch it, mate? — Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wol… · tree and pragmatics description: Did he hang on to his gear or ditch it, mate? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1288 «Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wolf: Walter flees a "wolf" that turns out to be his dog Caro» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1288-pg3454-part13/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/) / [Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wol…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1288-pg3454-part13/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wolf: Walter flees a "w… Did he hang on to his gear or ditch it, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** hang on, ditch · **To what, where:** gear This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1288 «Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wolf: Walter flees a "wolf" that turns out to be his dog Caro» 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/1288-pg3454-part13/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1288-pg3454-part13:t3:1 # text = Did he hang on to his gear or ditch it, mate? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 gear gear NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 ditch ditch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang on** | past · do-support | he | | | | | to his gear | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ditch** | infinitive | he *not said here* | gear | | | | mate *vocative* | 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 {#o1} He sold most of it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1288-pg3454-part13:t3:o1:1 # text = He sold most of it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | past | He | most of it | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He ditched most of it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1288-pg3454-part13:t3:o2:1 # text = He ditched most of it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ditched ditch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ditch** | past | He | most of it | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He threw everything into the ditch behind him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1288-pg3454-part13:t3:o3:1 # text = He threw everything into the ditch behind him 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 obj _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ditch ditch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 behind behind ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past | He | everything | | | | into the ditch *result*; behind him *= he* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer everything=Theme into ditch=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} He kept some of it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1288-pg3454-part13:t3:o4:1 # text = He kept some of it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | He | some | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=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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