--- title: what did michael do when he saw the cup? — Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer · tree and pragmatics description: what did michael do when he saw the cup? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1506 «Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1506-pg540-part3/t5/) [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/) / [Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1506-pg540-part3/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer what did michael do when he saw the cup? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** michael · **What happens:** do, see · **To what, where:** cup This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1506 «Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer» 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/1506-pg540-part3/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t5:1 # text = what did michael do when he saw the cup? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 michael Michael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | michael | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **see** | past | michael | the cup | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cup=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 {#o1} he sniffed it then threw it away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t5:o1:1 # text = he sniffed it then threw it away 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sniffed sniff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sniff** | past | he | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **throw away** | past | it | it | | | then | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} he took it and then had a think ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t5:o2:1 # text = he took it and then had a think 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take 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 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 think think NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | he | it | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | he *not said here* | a think | | | then | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent think=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} he just went for it, no hesitation ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t5:o3:1 # text = he just went for it, no hesitation 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 hesitation hesitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | he | no hesitation | | | | for it | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} he just went for it, no hesitation, and drank the whole lot straight away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t5:o4:1 # text = he just went for it, no hesitation, and drank the whole lot straight away 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 hesitation hesitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 straight straight ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | he | no hesitation | | | | for it | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary | | 2 | **drink** | past | he *not said here* | the whole lot | | | | away *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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