--- title: wait, which dude fell in the dry well while staring at the sky? — Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf,… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, which dude fell in the dry well while staring at the sky? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 149 «Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string of short fables where clever and foolish creatures and people get their just deserts» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/149-pg11339-part19/t3/) [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/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/149-pg11339-part19/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string o… wait, which dude fell in the dry well while staring at the sky? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, fall, stare · **To what, where:** dry well This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 149 «Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string of short fables where clever and foolish creatures and people get their just deserts» 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/149-pg11339-part19/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t3:1 # text = wait, which dude fell in the dry well while staring at the sky? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 dude dude AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 5 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 staring stare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fall** | past | | | | the dry well | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in well=Location | | 3 | **stare** | gerund | | | | | | at the sky | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sky=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} the labourer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t3:o1:1 # text = the labourer 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 labourer labourer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the old man who was staring at the moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t3:o2:1 # text = the old man who was staring at the moon 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 staring stare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stare** | past · progressive | the old man | | | | | at the moon | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at moon=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} the woodman ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t3:o3:1 # text = the woodman 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 woodman woodman NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the astronomer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t3:o4:1 # text = the astronomer 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 astronomer astronomer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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