--- title: Wait, what lingo did they reckon he was spitting? — Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fort… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what lingo did they reckon he was spitting? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 278 «Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Councillor's muddled party ends in the street, and the watchman finds the shoes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/278-pg1597-part5/t2/) [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/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fort…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/278-pg1597-part5/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Cou… Wait, what lingo did they reckon he was spitting? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, lingo · **What happens:** wait, reckon, spit This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 278 «Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Councillor's muddled party ends in the street, and the watchman finds the shoes» 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/278-pg1597-part5/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t2:1 # text = Wait, what lingo did they reckon he was spitting? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 lingo lingo NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 reckon reckon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 spitting spit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? 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 | **reckon** | past · do-support | lingo | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **spit** | past · progressive | lingo | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Swedish, bruv, nobody could follow it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t2:o1:1 # text = Swedish, bruv, nobody could follow it 1 Swedish Swedish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | could | Swedish bruv | it | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Russian, mate, total gibberish to them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t2:o2:1 # text = Russian, mate, total gibberish to them 1 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 gibberish gibberish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Dutch, I reckon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t2:o3:1 # text = Dutch, I reckon 1 Dutch dutch INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Russian, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t2:o4:1 # text = Russian, mate 1 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 mate mate 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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