--- title: Did the old driver volunteer, or what? — Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus,… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the old driver volunteer, or what? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1730 «Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus tries to drown Little Klaus and drowns the old driver by mistake, then a prince finds a gold ring in a barrel» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1730-pg640-part54/t4/) [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/) / [Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1730-pg640-part54/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus t… Did the old driver volunteer, or what? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** old driver volunteer This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1730 «Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus tries to drown Little Klaus and drowns the old driver by mistake, then a prince finds a gold ring in a barrel» 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/1730-pg640-part54/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t4:1 # text = Did the old driver volunteer, or what? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 volunteer volunteer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the old driver volunteer | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent volunteer=Eventuality | 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} Yes, he did ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t4:o1:1 # text = Yes, he did 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, he didn't ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t4:o2:1 # text = No, he didn't 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He got in to save his cattle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t4:o3:1 # text = He got in to save his cattle 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 cattle cattle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get in** | past | He | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **save** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his cattle | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He crept in to help the boy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t4:o4:1 # text = He crept in to help the boy 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **creep in** | past | He | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | the boy | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Beneficiary | **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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