--- title: Was the mum scared when the Douglas popped up? — Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Dou… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the mum scared when the Douglas popped up? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 345 «Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won back at dusk» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/345-pg18442-part5/t13/) [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/) / [Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Dou…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/345-pg18442-part5/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won b… Was the mum scared when the Douglas popped up? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, Douglas · **What happens:** be, scare, pop up · **To what, where:** mum This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 345 «Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won back at dusk» 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/345-pg18442-part5/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:t13:1 # text = Was the mum scared when the Douglas popped up? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 scared scare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Douglas Douglas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 popped pop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the mum | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **scare** | past | the mum | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **pop up** | past | the Douglas | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Nah, she wasn't scared at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:t13:o1:1 # text = Nah, she wasn't scared at all 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | she | | | all | | scared *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yes, she screamed loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:t13:o2:1 # text = Yes, she screamed loudly 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 screamed scream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | she | | | | | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, she was terrified ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:t13:o3:1 # text = Yeah, she was terrified 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | terrified *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, she jumped and dropped the child right where she stood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:t13:o4:1 # text = Yeah, she jumped and dropped the child right where she stood 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 right right ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | past | she | the child | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Agent | | 2 | **drop** | past | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stand** | past | child | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «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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