--- title: What did the grouse do, then? — The Magic City, The Slide to the North… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the grouse do, then? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 644 «The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: George and Jane race down a great ice slide and meet a sportsman, a collector and a white grouse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/644-pg23661-part12/t10/) [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/) / [The Magic City, The Slide to the North…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/644-pg23661-part12/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: Geor… What did the grouse do, then? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grouse · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** grouse This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 644 «The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: George and Jane race down a great ice slide and meet a sportsman, a collector and a white grouse» 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/644-pg23661-part12/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:t10:1 # text = What did the grouse do, then? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 grouse grouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the grouse | | | then | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grouse=Eventuality | | 2 | **do** | present | the grouse *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «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} Thanked them, dead polite and that, then waddled off down the ice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:t10:o1:1 # text = Thanked them, dead polite and that, then waddled off down the ice 1 Thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 waddled waddle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 down down ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | | | them *= they* | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **waddle off** | past | | | | the ice | then | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down ice=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Thanked them, dead polite and that ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:t10:o2:1 # text = Thanked them, dead polite and that 1 Thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | | | them *= they* | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Thanked them, dead polite and that, then flew off home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:t10:o3:1 # text = Thanked them, dead polite and that, then flew off home 1 Thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | | | them *= they* | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **fly off** | past | | home | | | then | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location home=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Said cheers, dead polite, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:t10:o4:1 # text = Said cheers, dead polite, mate 1 Said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 cheers cheer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | cheers and mate | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cheer=Topic | **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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