--- title: Wait, the wolf's howl was so loud the bear covered his ears? — Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, the wolf's howl was so loud the bear covered his ears? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 701 «Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro, part 1: the fox sells pears and coats to the king for a lazy boy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/701-pg2435-part41/t3/) [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/) / [Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/701-pg2435-part41/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro, par… Wait, the wolf's howl was so loud the bear covered his ears? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, howl, bear, wolf · **What happens:** wait, be, cover, howl · **To what, where:** ears This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 701 «Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro, part 1: the fox sells pears and coats to the king for a lazy boy» 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/701-pg2435-part41/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t3:1 # text = Wait, the wolf's howl was so loud the bear covered his ears? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 howl howl NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 loud loud ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? 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 | **is** | past | the wolf's howl | | | | | loud *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **cover** | past | the bear | bear's ears | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ear=Destination | | 4 | **howl** | | the wolf | | | | | | nom howl «communication intransitive»: poss=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} Yup, he shut them tight, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t3:o1:1 # text = Yup, he shut them tight, mate 1 Yup yup NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 tight tight ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut** | past | he | them *= they* | | | | Yup *vocative*; mate *vocative*; tight *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he didn't, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t3:o2:1 # text = Nah, he didn't, bro 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past | he | | | | | bro *vocative* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nope, he just laughed it off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t3:o3:1 # text = Nope, he just laughed it off 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh off** | past | he | it | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yup, he begged him to stop, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t3:o4:1 # text = Yup, he begged him to stop, mate 1 Yup yup NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | he | | him *= he* | | | Yup *vocative* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | mate *vocative* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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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