--- title: Lol, what did the pilot reckon he could hear? — Book of Tales, The Inchcape Rock: Ralp… · tree and pragmatics description: Lol, what did the pilot reckon he could hear? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 357 «Book of Tales, The Inchcape Rock: Ralph the Rover cuts the abbot's buoy bell and his own ship is wrecked on the rock» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/357-pg18442-part17/t9/) [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, The Inchcape Rock: Ralp…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/357-pg18442-part17/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Book of Tales, The Inchcape Rock: Ralph the Rover cuts the… Lol, what did the pilot reckon he could hear? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pilot · **What happens:** reckon, hear This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 357 «Book of Tales, The Inchcape Rock: Ralph the Rover cuts the abbot's buoy bell and his own ship is wrecked on the rock» 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/357-pg18442-part17/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:357-pg18442-part17:t9:1 # text = Lol, what did the pilot reckon he could hear? 1 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pilot pilot NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 reckon reckon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the pilot | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | could | pilot | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Thunder booming far ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:357-pg18442-part17:t9:o1:1 # text = Thunder booming far 1 Thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 booming booming NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Bell ringing near ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:357-pg18442-part17:t9:o2:1 # text = Bell ringing near 1 Bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 ringing ring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 near near ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | gerund | Bell *not said here* | | | | | near *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Breakers crashing near ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:357-pg18442-part17:t9:o3:1 # text = Breakers crashing near 1 Breakers breaker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 crashing crash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 near near ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crash** | gerund | Breakers *not said here* | | | | | near *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Crashing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:357-pg18442-part17:t9:o4:1 # text = Crashing 1 Crashing crash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crash** | gerund | | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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