--- title: Yo, what were the mice doing for the trip to Korbes? — Grimm's Tales, The Adventures of Chant… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, what were the mice doing for the trip to Korbes? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 738 «Grimm's Tales, The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet, part 14: the goose-girl is avenged, then the friends drive to visit Mr Korbes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/738-pg2591-part14/t6/) [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's Tales, The Adventures of Chant…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/738-pg2591-part14/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,… Yo, what were the mice doing for the trip to Korbes? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mice · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** mice This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 738 «Grimm's Tales, The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet, part 14: the goose-girl is avenged, then the friends drive to visit Mr Korbes» 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/738-pg2591-part14/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:738-pg2591-part14:t6:1 # text = Yo, what were the mice doing for the trip to Korbes? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Korbes Korbes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the mice | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | the mice *not said here* | | | | | for the trip to Korbes | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Pulling the carriage with the red wheels ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:738-pg2591-part14:t6:o1:1 # text = Pulling the carriage with the red wheels 1 Pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | gerund | | the carriage | | | | with the red wheels | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Pulling the wagon with the blue spokes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:738-pg2591-part14:t6:o2:1 # text = Pulling the wagon with the blue spokes 1 Pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wagon wagon NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 spokes spoke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | gerund | | the wagon | | | | with the blue spokes | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wagon=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Hauling the cart with the wooden wheels ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:738-pg2591-part14:t6:o3:1 # text = Hauling the cart with the wooden wheels 1 Hauling haul VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **haul** | gerund | | the cart | | | | with the wooden wheels | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cart=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Sleeping, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:738-pg2591-part14:t6:o4:1 # text = Sleeping, lol 1 Sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 lol lol INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ ``` 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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