--- title: Gutted, so how long ago did his dad say he went missing? — Hauff's Fairy Tales, The Dwarf Nose, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Gutted, so how long ago did his dad say he went missing? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1790 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, The Dwarf Nose, part 41: Mother calls Jem a dwarf, father forgets him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1790-pg641-part41/t3/) [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/) / [Hauff's Fairy Tales, The Dwarf Nose, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1790-pg641-part41/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Hauff's Fairy Tales, The Dwarf Nose, part 41: Mother calls… Gutted, so how long ago did his dad say he went missing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** gut, do, say, go · **To what, where:** dad · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1790 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, The Dwarf Nose, part 41: Mother calls Jem a dwarf, father forgets him» 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/1790-pg641-part41/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1790-pg641-part41:t3:1 # text = Gutted, so how long ago did his dad say he went missing? 1 Gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 5 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 ago ago ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 13 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | participle | | | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | past | | his dad | | | | ago *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** | past | he | | | | | missing *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} seven years ago, when he was small ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1790-pg641-part41:t3:o1:1 # text = seven years ago, when he was small 1 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 ago ago ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} seven years ago, bruv, at least ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1790-pg641-part41:t3:o2:1 # text = seven years ago, bruv, at least 1 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 ago ago ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} three years ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1790-pg641-part41:t3:o3:1 # text = three years ago 1 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 ago ago ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} seven years ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1790-pg641-part41:t3:o4:1 # text = seven years ago 1 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 ago ago ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` 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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