--- title: honestly the giant laughs so hard it's like a storm, right — Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10… · tree and pragmatics description: honestly the giant laughs so hard it's like a storm, right Test 8 · ★ of lesson 2051 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a huge stranger coming and wakes the sleeping giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2051-pg976-part10/t8/) [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/) / [Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2051-pg976-part10/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a hu… honestly the giant laughs so hard it's like a storm, right **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** giant, it · **What happens:** laugh, be This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 2051 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a huge stranger coming and wakes the sleeping giant» 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/2051-pg976-part10/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:t8:1 # text = honestly the giant laughs so hard it's like a storm, right 1 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 4 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 right right INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | present | the giant | | | | | hard, honestly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | like a storm | 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 {#o1} nah the Pygmies laugh louder than him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:t8:o1:1 # text = nah the Pygmies laugh louder than him 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Pygmies pygmy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 laugh laugh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | present | the Pygmies | | | | | loud *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} nah the giant cries like a baby ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:t8:o2:1 # text = nah the giant cries like a baby 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} yeah he sneezes when he laughs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:t8:o3:1 # text = yeah he sneezes when he laughs 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sneezes sneeze VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sneeze** | present | he | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **laugh** | present | he | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yeah, it's immeasurable, the Pygmies have to cover their ears ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:t8:o4:1 # text = yeah, it's immeasurable, the Pygmies have to cover their ears 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 immeasurable immeasurable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Pygmies pygmy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | immeasurable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | the Pygmies | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **cover** | to-infinitive | the Pygmies *not said here* | Pygmies's ears | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ear=Destination | **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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