--- title: Wait, why did the mayor not help John at all? — Book of Dragons, The Last of the Drago… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, why did the mayor not help John at all? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 652 «Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 20: the dragon minds the baby, then fights a giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/652-pg23661-part20/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/) / [Book of Dragons, The Last of the Drago…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/652-pg23661-part20/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 20: the dra… Wait, why did the mayor not help John at all? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, mayor · **What happens:** wait, not help · **To what, where:** John, all This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 652 «Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 20: the dragon minds the baby, then fights a giant» 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/652-pg23661-part20/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:t2:1 # text = Wait, why did the mayor not help John at all? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mayor mayor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 9 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? 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 | **not** **help** | past · do-support | the mayor | | John | all | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent john=Beneficiary | 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} cos they were busy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:t2:o1:1 # text = cos they were busy 1 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | busy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} cos the mayor was out at sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:t2:o2:1 # text = cos the mayor was out at sea 1 cos cos VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mayor mayor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 1 ccomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | sea | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the mayor | | | | | out *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} cos they had a party that night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:t2:o3:1 # text = cos they had a party that night 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | cos | a party | | | night | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} cos they had plans that night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:t2:o4:1 # text = cos they had plans that night 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 plans plan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 det _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | cos | plans that night | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=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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