--- title: Mate, what gross thing did Browny keep doing? — Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey:… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, what gross thing did Browny keep doing? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1887 «Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded in the kettle» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1887-pg7277-part24/t7/) [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/) / [Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1887-pg7277-part24/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded… Mate, what gross thing did Browny keep doing? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** do This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1887 «Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded in the kettle» 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/1887-pg7277-part24/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t7:1 # text = Mate, what gross thing did Browny keep doing? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 4 gross gross ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:outer _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 Browny Browny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux _ _ 9 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | infinitive | Mate | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «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} Digging holes under the fence every morning ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t7:o1:1 # text = Digging holes under the fence every morning 1 Digging dig VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dig** | gerund | | holes | | the fence | morning | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hole=Theme under fence=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Refusing to come in when called at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t7:o2:1 # text = Refusing to come in when called at night 1 Refusing refuse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 csubj:pass _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 in in ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | gerund | | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **come in** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **call** *speech: assert* | participle | Refusing | | | | night | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Stealing the eggs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t7:o3:1 # text = Stealing the eggs 1 Stealing steal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | gerund | | the eggs | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location egg=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Rolling in the mud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t7:o4:1 # text = Rolling in the mud 1 Rolling roll VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll** | gerund | | | | the mud | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mud=Trajectory | **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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