--- title: Some of the crowd were well cheeky, weren't they? Who shot the arrow… — Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lillip… · tree and pragmatics description: Some of the crowd were well cheeky, weren't they? Who shot the arrows at him? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1487 «Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 74: a sleeping giant is carried to the capital and chained in a temple» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1487-pg503-part74/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/) / [Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lillip…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1487-pg503-part74/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 74: a sleep… Some of the crowd were well cheeky, weren't they? Who shot the arrows at him? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Some, they · **What happens:** be, not be, shoot · **To what, where:** arrows This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1487 «Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 74: a sleeping giant is carried to the capital and chained in a temple» 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/1487-pg503-part74/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Some of the crowd were well cheeky, weren't they? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1487-pg503-part74:t11:1 # text = Some of the crowd were well cheeky, weren't they? 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 cheeky cheeky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Some | | | | | cheeky, well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **be** | past | they | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Who shot the arrows at him? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1487-pg503-part74:t11:2 # text = Who shot the arrows at him? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shot shoot 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 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot** | past | | the arrows | | | | at him *= he* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme at he=Destination | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} the guards ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1487-pg503-part74:t11:o1:1 # text = the guards 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the palace cooks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1487-pg503-part74:t11:o2:1 # text = the palace cooks 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cooks cook VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cook** | present | the palace | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} some of the crowd ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1487-pg503-part74:t11:o3:1 # text = some of the crowd 1 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the guards of the royal court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1487-pg503-part74:t11:o4:1 # text = the guards of the royal court 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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