--- title: Bro, what did Labakan's old boss do when he showed up? — Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats,… · tree and pragmatics description: Bro, what did Labakan's old boss do when he showed up? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 719 «Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats, part 1: Labakan's tailor shop and Lizina's first days with the cats» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/719-pg2435-part59/t1/) [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/) / [Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/719-pg2435-part59/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats, part 1: Labakan's t… Bro, what did Labakan's old boss do when he showed up? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bro · **What happens:** do, show up · **To what, where:** old boss This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 719 «Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats, part 1: Labakan's tailor shop and Lizina's first days with the cats» 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/719-pg2435-part59/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:719-pg2435-part59:t1:1 # text = Bro, what did Labakan's old boss do when he showed up? 1 Bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 Labakan Labakan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Bro | Labakan's old boss | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boss=Eventuality | | 2 | **do** | present | Bro | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **show up** | past | Bro | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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} He paid him for the robe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:719-pg2435-part59:t1:o1:1 # text = He paid him for the robe 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | He | him *= he* | | | | for the robe | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Asset for robe=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He begged for his money back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:719-pg2435-part59:t1:o2:1 # text = He begged for his money back 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | He | | | | | for his money | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for money=Topic | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He yelled and had the workers beat him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:719-pg2435-part59:t1:o3:1 # text = He yelled and had the workers beat him 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 yelled yell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 workers worker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 beat beat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | He | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **have** | past | He *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **beat** | present | the workers | him *= he* | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He shouted and sent for the guard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:719-pg2435-part59:t1:o4:1 # text = He shouted and sent for the guard 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | He | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **send** | past | He *not said here* | | | | | for the guard | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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