--- title: test: what's the deal with the cow not calving? — Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Troll… · tree and pragmatics description: test: what's the deal with the cow not calving? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1638 «Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Trolls: three visits, three lost sacks, one lesson he never learns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1638-pg5615-part27/t13/) [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/) / [Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Troll…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1638-pg5615-part27/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Trolls: three visits, thr… test: what's the deal with the cow not calving? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** test, cow · **What happens:** be, not calve · **To what, where:** deal This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1638 «Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Trolls: three visits, three lost sacks, one lesson he never learns» 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/1638-pg5615-part27/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1638-pg5615-part27:t13:1 # text = test: what's the deal with the cow not calving? 1 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 calving calve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | test | the deal | | | | with the cow | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **calve** | gerund | the cow *not said here* | | | | | | vn calve-28.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} it was only a reason to go home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1638-pg5615-part27:t13:o1:1 # text = it was only a reason to go home 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 home home ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | a reason | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} it was a lie to get home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1638-pg5615-part27:t13:o2:1 # text = it was a lie to get home 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 7 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | a lie | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} it was just an excuse he made up to run home quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1638-pg5615-part27:t13:o3:1 # text = it was just an excuse he made up to run home quickly 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 excuse excuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 home home ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | a excuse | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make up** | past | he | a excuse *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **run** | to-infinitive | a excuse *not said here* | | | | | home, quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} it was just an excuse to run home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1638-pg5615-part27:t13:o4:1 # text = it was just an excuse to run home 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 excuse excuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 home home ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | a excuse | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | to-infinitive | | | | | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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