--- title: Wait, why did the whole town keep rubbing their noses? — Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiid… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, why did the whole town keep rubbing their noses? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 680 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiidu sells magic apples at the palace, and the royal noses grow.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/680-pg2435-part20/t4/) [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/) / [Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiid…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/680-pg2435-part20/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiidu sells magic apples… Wait, why did the whole town keep rubbing their noses? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, do, keep, rub · **To what, where:** whole town, noses This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 680 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiidu sells magic apples at the palace, and the royal noses grow.» 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/680-pg2435-part20/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:t4:1 # text = Wait, why did the whole town keep rubbing their noses? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 rubbing rub VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 noses nose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ 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 | **do** | past | | the whole town | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Eventuality | | 3 | **keep** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **rub** | gerund | | their noses | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent nose=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They wanted to copy the king's style ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:t4:o1:1 # text = They wanted to copy the king's style 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 copy copy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 style style NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | They | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **copy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the king's style | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent style=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They were bored ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:t4:o2:1 # text = They were bored 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | bored *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They itched badly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:t4:o3:1 # text = They itched badly 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 itched itch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **itch** | past | They | | | | | badly *property* | vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They feared the sickness was catchy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:t4:o4:1 # text = They feared the sickness was catchy 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sickness sickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 catchy catchy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | They | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | the sickness | | | | | catchy *property* | tree rules | **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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