--- title: what's the deal with the hill, was it tiny? — Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothe… · tree and pragmatics description: what's the deal with the hill, was it tiny? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 726 «Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize, Hans sets off home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/726-pg2591-part2/t9/) [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/) / [Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/726-pg2591-part2/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize,… what's the deal with the hill, was it tiny? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** deal · **What happens:** be This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 726 «Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize, Hans sets off home» 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/726-pg2591-part2/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:t9:1 # text = what's the deal with the hill, was it tiny? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the deal with the hill | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | deal | | | | | tiny *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 {#o1} Tiny, but very heavy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:t9:o1:1 # text = Tiny, but very heavy 1 Tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Huge, a whole mountain of rock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:t9:o2:1 # text = Huge, a whole mountain of rock 1 Huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Huge, the whole world couldn't move it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:t9:o3:1 # text = Huge, the whole world couldn't move it 1 Huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **move** | could | the whole world | it | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Small ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:t9:o4:1 # text = Small 1 Small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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