--- title: Why did Peronnik keep his eyes on the colt's ears, innit? — Violet Fairy Book, Peronnik the Fool,… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did Peronnik keep his eyes on the colt's ears, innit? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1320 «Violet Fairy Book, Peronnik the Fool, part 45: Peronnik outwits the lion, the dragons and the black man, then takes the golden bowl and diamond lance from Rogear» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1320-pg3454-part45/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/) / [Violet Fairy Book, Peronnik the Fool,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1320-pg3454-part45/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, Peronnik the Fool, part 45: Peronnik ou… Why did Peronnik keep his eyes on the colt's ears, innit? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Peronnik · **What happens:** keep, innit · **To what, where:** eyes, ears This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1320 «Violet Fairy Book, Peronnik the Fool, part 45: Peronnik outwits the lion, the dragons and the black man, then takes the golden bowl and diamond lance from Rogear» 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/1320-pg3454-part45/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1320-pg3454-part45:t6:1 # text = Why did Peronnik keep his eyes on the colt's ears, innit? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Peronnik Peronnik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 colt colt NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | Peronnik | Peronnik's eyes | | the colt's ears | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent eye=Theme on ear=Location | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | Peronnik *not said here* | | | | | | 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} To hear the colt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1320-pg3454-part45:t6:o1:1 # text = To hear the colt 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hear hear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 colt colt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | to-infinitive | | the colt | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer colt=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} So he wouldn't look at the ford ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1320-pg3454-part45:t6:o2:1 # text = So he wouldn't look at the ford 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ford ford NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **look** | would | he | | | | | at the ford | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at ford=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} So he wouldn't look at the dancers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1320-pg3454-part45:t6:o3:1 # text = So he wouldn't look at the dancers 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 dancers dancer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **look** | would | he | | | | | at the dancers | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at dancer=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} So he could watch the lady ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1320-pg3454-part45:t6:o4:1 # text = So he could watch the lady 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | could | he | the lady | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=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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