--- title: Did the greyhound get in trouble or just wag its tail? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the greyhound get in trouble or just wag its tail? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 2019 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part 38: bones become steps, a finger is lost, and the giant drowns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2019-pg7885-part38/t12/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2019-pg7885-part38/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part 38: bones become ste… Did the greyhound get in trouble or just wag its tail? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** get, wag · **To what, where:** greyhound, trouble, tail This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 2019 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part 38: bones become steps, a finger is lost, and the giant drowns» 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/2019-pg7885-part38/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2019-pg7885-part38:t12:1 # text = Did the greyhound get in trouble or just wag its tail? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 greyhound greyhound NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 wag wag VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | | the greyhound | | trouble | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **wag** | infinitive | | trouble's tail | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | 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} It bit him and ran away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2019-pg7885-part38:t12:o1:1 # text = It bit him and ran away 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | past | It | him *= he* | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 2 | **run away** | past | | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It licked his hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2019-pg7885-part38:t12:o2:1 # text = It licked his hand 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 licked lick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lick** | past | It | his hand | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent hand=Source | ### Option 3 {#o3} It ran off to the barn quick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2019-pg7885-part38:t12:o3:1 # text = It ran off to the barn quick 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 barn barn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run off** | past | It | | | the barn | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to barn=Destination | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It jumped up to his mouth and he forgot her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2019-pg7885-part38:t12:o4:1 # text = It jumped up to his mouth and he forgot her 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump up** | past | It | | | | | to his mouth *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to mouth=Result | | 2 | **forget** | past | he | her *= she* | | | | | 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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