--- title: Wait, why was the master keeping all that gold hidden? — Northern Tales, The Underground Worker… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, why was the master keeping all that gold hidden? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1787 «Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans is led to a cave of gold and tiny smiths» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1787-pg641-part38/t9/) [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/) / [Northern Tales, The Underground Worker…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1787-pg641-part38/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans… Wait, why was the master keeping all that gold hidden? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, master, gold · **What happens:** wait, be, keep, hide · **To what, where:** master, gold This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1787 «Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans is led to a cave of gold and tiny smiths» 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/1787-pg641-part38/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:t9:1 # text = Wait, why was the master keeping all that gold hidden? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 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 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 keeping keep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the master | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **keep** | gerund | the master *not said here* | all gold | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hide** | participle | all gold *not said here* | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «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 {#o1} So nobody would stop the work ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:t9:o1:1 # text = So nobody would stop the work 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | nobody | the work | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector work=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} So people wouldn't stop working ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:t9:o2:1 # text = So people wouldn't stop working 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stop** | would | people | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **work** | gerund | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} So people would keep working ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:t9:o3:1 # text = So people would keep working 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | would | people | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **work** | gerund | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} So the workers wouldn't ever run off and go home to their families and friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:t9:o4:1 # text = So the workers wouldn't ever run off and go home to their families and friends 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 workers worker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 7 advmod _ _ 7 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 11 home home ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **run off** | would | the workers | | | | ever | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | the workers *not said here* | | | workers's families and friends | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to family=Initial\_Location | **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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