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title: was Tom really driving the horse from inside its ear, fr? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: was Tom really driving the horse from inside its ear, fr? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 748 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold, tricks thieves, and naps in the hay» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 3 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold,…

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was Tom really driving the horse from inside its ear, fr?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tom · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** ear

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 748 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold, tricks thieves, and naps in the hay» 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/748-pg2591-part24/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:748-pg2591-part24:t3:1
# text = was Tom really driving the horse from inside its ear, fr?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Tom |  |  | horse's ear and fr |  | drive *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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nah, just sat on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:748-pg2591-part24:t3:o1:1
# text = nah, just sat on it
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past |  |  |  | it |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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nah, he rode on the back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:748-pg2591-part24:t3:o2:1
# text = nah, he rode on the back
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	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | he |  |  | the back |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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yep, he shouted go on and stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:748-pg2591-part24:t3:o3:1
# text = yep, he shouted go on and stop
1	yep	yep	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	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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yep, he whispered go and stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:748-pg2591-part24:t3:o4:1
# text = yep, he whispered go and stop
1	yep	yep	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	whispered	whisper	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stop** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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