--- title: Why did the mum not know the baby was clever? — Tales of Many Lands, Motikatika: the c… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the mum not know the baby was clever? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 708 «Tales of Many Lands, Motikatika: the clever baby fools the ogre with a crowd of look-alikes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/708-pg2435-part48/t14/) [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/) / [Tales of Many Lands, Motikatika: the c…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/708-pg2435-part48/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Tales of Many Lands, Motikatika: the clever baby fools the… Why did the mum not know the baby was clever? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, baby · **What happens:** not know, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 708 «Tales of Many Lands, Motikatika: the clever baby fools the ogre with a crowd of look-alikes» 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/708-pg2435-part48/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:708-pg2435-part48:t14:1 # text = Why did the mum not know the baby was clever? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | the mum | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | the baby | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | 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} she was so tired from fetching water that she never looked at the baby properly at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:708-pg2435-part48:t14:o1:1 # text = she was so tired from fetching water that she never looked at the baby properly at all 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 from from SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 fetching fetch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 advcl _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 properly properly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fetch** | gerund | she *not said here* | water | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 3 | **not** **look** | past | she | | | | | at the baby; properly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at baby=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} she was too busy to notice him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:708-pg2435-part48:t14:o2:1 # text = she was too busy to notice him 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | busy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **notice** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} she was too busy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:708-pg2435-part48:t14:o3:1 # text = she was too busy 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 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 | she | | | | | busy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} she had no idea about his magic ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:708-pg2435-part48:t14:o4:1 # text = she had no idea about his magic 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | she | no idea | | | | about his magic | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=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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