--- title: what did the old woman use her nose for? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Soria Mo… · tree and pragmatics description: what did the old woman use her nose for? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1512 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Soria Moria Castle, part 9: Halvor's parents know him, then the Princesses vanish and he sets out again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1512-pg540-part9/t10/) [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/) / [Popular Tales from the Norse, Soria Mo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1512-pg540-part9/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Soria Moria Castle, part 9:… what did the old woman use her nose for? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old woman · **What happens:** use · **To what, where:** nose This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1512 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Soria Moria Castle, part 9: Halvor's parents know him, then the Princesses vanish and he sets out again» 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/1512-pg540-part9/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1512-pg540-part9:t10:1 # text = what did the old woman use her nose for? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past · do-support | the old woman | woman's nose | | | | | 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} combing her hair, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1512-pg540-part9:t10:o1:1 # text = combing her hair, lol 1 combing comb VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 lol lol INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **comb** | gerund | | her hair | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} hanging the pot, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1512-pg540-part9:t10:o2:1 # text = hanging the pot, lol 1 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 lol lol INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | gerund | | the pot | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} stirring the fire, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1512-pg540-part9:t10:o3:1 # text = stirring the fire, lol 1 stirring stir VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 lol lol INTJ UH _ 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stir** | gerund | | the fire | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fire=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} sniffing, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1512-pg540-part9:t10:o4:1 # text = sniffing, lol 1 sniffing sniff VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 lol lol INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sniff** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «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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