---
title: Who got squashed when Moti's pony threw him, like proper? — Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who got squashed when Moti's pony threw him, like proper? Test 9 · ★ 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 opt
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1301-pg3454-part26/t9/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / t9

# Test 9 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to war on a wobbly pon…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Who got squashed when Moti's pony threw him, like proper?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pony · **What happens:** squash, throw · **To what, where:** Moti

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t9:1
# text = Who got squashed when Moti's pony threw him, like proper?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	squashed	squash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
5	Moti	Moti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squash** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **throw** | past | Moti's pony | Moti |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Moti, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t9:o1:1
# text = Moti, mate
1	Moti	Moti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tired soldier, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t9:o2:1
# text = A tired soldier, mate
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A fat officer, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t9:o3:1
# text = A fat officer, mate
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	officer	officer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A horse, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t9:o4:1
# text = A horse, mate
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to…, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1301-pg3454-part26/t8/)
- next →: [Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to…, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1301-pg3454-part26/t10/)
- ↑ back to [Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to war on a wobbly pony and frightens a king into surrender.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1301-pg3454-part26/)