--- title: wait, who was tagging along behind the cow? — A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, par… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, who was tagging along behind the cow? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 2059 «A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 18: Cadmus follows a brindled cow until it lies down and he chooses a home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2059-pg976-part18/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/) / [A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2059-pg976-part18/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 18: Cadmus follows… wait, who was tagging along behind the cow? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, tag along This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 2059 «A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 18: Cadmus follows a brindled cow until it lies down and he chooses a home» 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/2059-pg976-part18/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:t3:1 # text = wait, who was tagging along behind the cow? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 tagging tag VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 6 along along ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 behind behind ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tag along** | past · progressive | | | | | | behind the cow; along *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: 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} a group of strangers who had joined the march ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:t3:o1:1 # text = a group of strangers who had joined the march 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 march march NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **join** | past · perfect | strangers | the march | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent march=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} a band of soldiers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:t3:o2:1 # text = a band of soldiers 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} some random strangers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:t3:o3:1 # text = some random strangers 1 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 2 random random ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} some hungry farmers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:t3:o4:1 # text = some hungry farmers 1 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 2 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 farmers farmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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