--- title: lol, why couldn't Halfman outrun the ogre? — Grimm, Halfman, part 61: Halfman outwi… · tree and pragmatics description: lol, why couldn't Halfman outrun the ogre? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1810 «Grimm, Halfman, part 61: Halfman outwits the ogress and escapes the ogre» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1810-pg641-part61/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/) / [Grimm, Halfman, part 61: Halfman outwi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1810-pg641-part61/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Grimm, Halfman, part 61: Halfman outwits the ogress and es… lol, why couldn't Halfman outrun the ogre? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Halfman · **What happens:** not outrun · **To what, where:** ogre This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1810 «Grimm, Halfman, part 61: Halfman outwits the ogress and escapes the ogre» 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/1810-pg641-part61/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1810-pg641-part61:t9:1 # text = lol, why couldn't Halfman outrun the ogre? 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 Halfman Halfman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 outrun outrun VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **outrun** | could | Halfman | the ogre | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} his legs were shorter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1810-pg641-part61:t9:o1:1 # text = his legs were shorter 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | his legs | | | | | short *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} he had no food ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1810-pg641-part61:t9:o2:1 # text = he had no food 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | he | no food | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} he was too tired ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1810-pg641-part61:t9:o3:1 # text = he was too tired 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} he was slow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1810-pg641-part61:t9:o4:1 # text = he was slow 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | slow *property* | tree rules | **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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