--- title: lowkey, what was the thing the old guy was leaning on? — Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza… · tree and pragmatics description: lowkey, what was the thing the old guy was leaning on? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1714 «Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 38: Militza flies off, Iwanich lies to his father, and the beasts close in» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1714-pg640-part38/t8/) [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/) / [Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1714-pg640-part38/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 38: Militza f… lowkey, what was the thing the old guy was leaning on? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lowkey, old guy · **What happens:** be, lean on · **To what, where:** thing This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1714 «Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 38: Militza flies off, Iwanich lies to his father, and the beasts close in» 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/1714-pg640-part38/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1714-pg640-part38:t8:1 # text = lowkey, what was the thing the old guy was leaning on? 1 lowkey lowkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 leaning lean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 12 on on ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | lowkey | the thing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lean on** | past · progressive | the old guy | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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} a stick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1714-pg640-part38:t8:o1:1 # text = a stick 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a broken spear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1714-pg640-part38:t8:o2:1 # text = a broken spear 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} a crooked staff ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1714-pg640-part38:t8:o3:1 # text = a crooked staff 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 crooked crooked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the bent handle of an old wooden plough ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1714-pg640-part38:t8:o4:1 # text = the bent handle of an old wooden plough 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 bent bent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 handle handle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 plough plough NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` 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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