--- title: Ngl, what did the fool keep doing when he was puzzled? — English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay:… · tree and pragmatics description: Ngl, what did the fool keep doing when he was puzzled? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 247 «English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay: a fool hunts for a coat o' clay, gets muddy and drunk, and learns he is still a fool» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/247-pg14241-part14/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/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/247-pg14241-part14/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay: a fool hunts for a… Ngl, what did the fool keep doing when he was puzzled? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** do, keep, puzzle · **To what, where:** fool, Ngl This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 247 «English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay: a fool hunts for a coat o' clay, gets muddy and drunk, and learns he is still a fool» 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/247-pg14241-part14/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:247-pg14241-part14:t8:1 # text = Ngl, what did the fool keep doing when he was puzzled? 1 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 puzzled puzzle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Ngl | the fool | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fool=Eventuality | | 2 | **keep** | present | Ngl | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | gerund | Ngl *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **puzzle** | past · passive | | Ngl | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | 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} staring at the sky ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:247-pg14241-part14:t8:o1:1 # text = staring at the sky 1 staring stare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stare** | gerund | | | | | | at the sky | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sky=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} scratching his head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:247-pg14241-part14:t8:o2:1 # text = scratching his head 1 scratching scratch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | gerund | | his head | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} rubbing his chin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:247-pg14241-part14:t8:o3:1 # text = rubbing his chin 1 rubbing rub VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 chin chin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | gerund | | his chin | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent chin=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} sleeping ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:247-pg14241-part14:t8:o4:1 # text = sleeping 1 sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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