--- title: so did Little Thumb get the dad's stool, or what? — Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the… · tree and pragmatics description: so did Little Thumb get the dad's stool, or what? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1467-pg503-part54/t11/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1467-pg503-part54/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to los… so did Little Thumb get the dad's stool, or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Little Thumb · **What happens:** do, get · **To what, where:** stool This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» 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/1467-pg503-part54/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t11:1 # text = so did Little Thumb get the dad's stool, or what? 1 so so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Thumb Thumb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 stool stool NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | present | Little Thumb | the dad's stool | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stool=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He hid under the stool to listen in ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t11:o1:1 # text = He hid under the stool to listen in 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stool stool NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | He | | | the stool | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under stool=Location | | 2 | **listen in** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He threw it into the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t11:o2:1 # text = He threw it into the river 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past | He | it | | | | into the river *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into river=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} He sat on it all night thinking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t11:o3:1 # text = He sat on it all night thinking 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | He | | | it | night | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He gave the stool to his brothers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t11:o4:1 # text = He gave the stool to his brothers 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stool stool NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | He | the stool | his brothers | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent stool=Theme to brother=Recipient | **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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