--- title: Lol, what was Fylax doing on the steps? — Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 24:… · tree and pragmatics description: Lol, what was Fylax doing on the steps? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1299 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 24: Lasse dreams of sailing the world, wakes in his boat, and Moti is robbed at an inn» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1299-pg3454-part24/t4/) [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/) / [Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 24:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1299-pg3454-part24/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 24: Lasse dreams of sai… Lol, what was Fylax doing on the steps? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Fylax · **What happens:** do This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1299 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 24: Lasse dreams of sailing the world, wakes in his boat, and Moti is robbed at an inn» 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/1299-pg3454-part24/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1299-pg3454-part24:t4:1 # text = Lol, what was Fylax doing on the steps? 1 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Fylax Fylax PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · progressive | Fylax | | | | | on the steps | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} wagging its tail and barking at the boy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1299-pg3454-part24:t4:o1:1 # text = wagging its tail and barking at the boy 1 wagging wag VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 barking bark VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wag** | gerund | | its tail | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | | 2 | **bark** | gerund | | | | | | at the boy | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at boy=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} growling softly at the stranger on the path ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1299-pg3454-part24:t4:o2:1 # text = growling softly at the stranger on the path 1 growling growl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 softly softly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **growl** | gerund | | | | | | on the path; at the stranger; softly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at stranger=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} sleeping ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1299-pg3454-part24:t4:o3:1 # text = sleeping 1 sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} barking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1299-pg3454-part24:t4:o4:1 # text = barking 1 barking bark VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** | gerund | | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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