--- title: Why did the sister freak out with the knife? — Catalan Folk-Tales, The Water of Life,… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the sister freak out with the knife? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1644 «Catalan Folk-Tales, The Water of Life, part 2: the brothers climb the mountain and turn to stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1644-pg5615-part33/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/) / [Catalan Folk-Tales, The Water of Life,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1644-pg5615-part33/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Catalan Folk-Tales, The Water of Life, part 2: the brother… Why did the sister freak out with the knife? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sister · **What happens:** freak out This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1644 «Catalan Folk-Tales, The Water of Life, part 2: the brothers climb the mountain and turn to stone» 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/1644-pg5615-part33/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1644-pg5615-part33:t5:1 # text = Why did the sister freak out with the knife? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 freak freak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freak out** | past · do-support | the sister | | | | | with the knife | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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} the blade had gone dull ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1644-pg5615-part33:t5:o1:1 # text = the blade had gone dull 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 blade blade NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · perfect | the blade | | | | | dull *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the blade was red with blood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1644-pg5615-part33:t5:o2:1 # text = the blade was red with blood 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 blade blade NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the blade | | | | | with blood; red *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} the blade had turned red and the handle was covered in mud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1644-pg5615-part33:t5:o3:1 # text = the blade had turned red and the handle was covered in mud 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 blade blade NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 handle handle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past · perfect · passive | | the blade | | | | red *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **cover** | past · passive | | the handle | | | | in mud | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in mud=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} she saw a stranger holding the blade and running away quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1644-pg5615-part33:t5:o4:1 # text = she saw a stranger holding the blade and running away quickly 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 holding hold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 blade blade NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 conj _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | she | a stranger | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stranger=Stimulus | | 2 | **hold** | gerund | a stranger *not said here* | the blade | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blade=Theme | | 3 | **run away** | gerund | a stranger *not said here* | | | | | away, quickly *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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