--- title: Wait, what was Moti yelling at the pony, sick threats or what? — Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what was Moti yelling at the pony, sick threats or what? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1301 «Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to war on a wobbly pony and frightens a king into surrender.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1301-pg3454-part26/t5/) [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/) / [Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1301-pg3454-part26/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to war on a wobbly pon… Wait, what was Moti yelling at the pony, sick threats or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Moti · **What happens:** wait, yell This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1301 «Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to war on a wobbly pony and frightens a king into surrender.» 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/1301-pg3454-part26/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t5:1 # text = Wait, what was Moti yelling at the pony, sick threats or what? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 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 Moti Moti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 yelling yell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 threats threat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 appos _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? 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 | **yell** *speech: express* | past · progressive | Moti | | | | | at the pony | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent what=Theme at pony=Stimulus | 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'd feed it, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t5:o1:1 # text = He'd feed it, mate 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | would | He | it | | | | mate *vocative* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He'd take it back to the stable and feed it, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t5:o2:1 # text = He'd take it back to the stable and feed it, bruv 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 feed feed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take back** | would | He | it | | the stable | | bruv *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to stable=Destination | | 2 | **feed** | present | He *not said here* | stable | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He'd skin it alive if it didn't go, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t5:o3:1 # text = He'd skin it alive if it didn't go, bruv 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go** | past · do-support | skin | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He'd skin it alive, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t5:o4:1 # text = He'd skin it alive, bruv 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 5 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` 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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