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title: Bruv, where was Tom when he first heard the wailing? — Yallery Brown, Yallery Brown, part 6:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, where was Tom when he first heard the wailing? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 239 «Yallery Brown, Yallery Brown, part 6: Tom's helper ruins his work and he gets the sack» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 2 · ★ · Yallery Brown, Yallery Brown, part 6: Tom's helper ruins h…

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Bruv, where was Tom when he first heard the wailing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bruv · **What happens:** be, hear · **To what, where:** Tom, wailing

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 239 «Yallery Brown, Yallery Brown, part 6: Tom's helper ruins his work and he gets the sack» 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/239-pg14241-part6/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:239-pg14241-part6:t2:1
# text = Bruv, where was Tom when he first heard the wailing?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	_
9	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wailing	wailing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Bruv and Tom *not said here* | Tom |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | past | Bruv and Tom | the wailing |  |  |  | first *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer wailing=Stimulus |

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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}

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by the barn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:239-pg14241-part6:t2:o1:1
# text = by the barn
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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in the west field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:239-pg14241-part6:t2:o2:1
# text = in the west field
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	west	west	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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in the north field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:239-pg14241-part6:t2:o3:1
# text = in the north field
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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at the far gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:239-pg14241-part6:t2:o4:1
# text = at the far gate
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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