--- title: So the cavalry reckoned his shouting was for the enemy, yeah? — Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to… · tree and pragmatics description: So the cavalry reckoned his shouting was for the enemy, yeah? Test 6 · ★ 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 each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1301-pg3454-part26/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to war on a wobbly pon… So the cavalry reckoned his shouting was for the enemy, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cavalry, shouting · **What happens:** reckon, be, shout This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t6:1 # text = So the cavalry reckoned his shouting was for the enemy, yeah? 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cavalry cavalry NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reckoned reckon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 shouting shouting NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past | the cavalry | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | cavalry's shouting | | | | | for the enemy | tree rules | | 3 | **shout** | | cavalry | | | | | | nom shouting «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} Nah, they didn't ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t6:o1:1 # text = Nah, they didn't 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past | they | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, dead tough ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t6:o2:1 # text = Yeah, dead tough 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 tough tough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, they thought he was mad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t6:o3:1 # text = Nah, they thought he was mad 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | they | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | he | | | | | mad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, they thought he was tough ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t6:o4:1 # text = Yeah, they thought he was tough 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 tough tough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | they | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | he | | | | | tough *property* | tree rules | **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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