--- title: Ngl, how did Quicksilver get past the three-headed dog? — Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seed… · tree and pragmatics description: Ngl, how did Quicksilver get past the three-headed dog? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 2074 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 33: Ceres tests the baby in the fire, then lets the earth go barren» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2074-pg976-part33/t6/) [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 Pomegranate Seed…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2074-pg976-part33/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 33: Ceres te… Ngl, how did Quicksilver get past the three-headed dog? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** get This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 2074 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 33: Ceres tests the baby in the fire, then lets the earth go barren» 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/2074-pg976-part33/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2074-pg976-part33:t6:1 # text = Ngl, how did Quicksilver get past the three-headed dog? 1 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Quicksilver quicksilver NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 past past ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 headed headed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · do-support | Ngl | | | | | past the headed dog | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme past dog=Destination | 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} He jumped right over it with a flying leap, cos he's fast like that ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2074-pg976-part33:t6:o1:1 # text = He jumped right over it with a flying leap, cos he's fast like that 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 right right ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 amod _ _ 9 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 15 like like ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | past | He | | | it | | with a flying leap; right *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over it=Trajectory | | 2 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | he | | | | | like that; fast *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He tossed it a sweet treat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2074-pg976-part33:t6:o2:1 # text = He tossed it a sweet treat 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tossed toss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 treat treat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **toss** | past | He | it | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary treat=Product | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He jumped right over it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2074-pg976-part33:t6:o3:1 # text = He jumped right over it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 right right ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | past | He | | | it | | right *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over it=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} He charmed it to sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2074-pg976-part33:t6:o4:1 # text = He charmed it to sleep 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 charmed charm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charm** | past | He | it | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer | | 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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