--- title: Wait, how'd he even get in the cow? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: swallo… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, how'd he even get in the cow? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 749 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: swallowed by a cow and a wolf, Tom talks his way out and goes 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 wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/749-pg2591-part25/t2/) [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 Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: swallo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/749-pg2591-part25/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: swallowed by a cow and a w… Wait, how'd he even get in the cow? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** wait, get This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 749 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: swallowed by a cow and a wolf, Tom talks his way out and goes 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/749-pg2591-part25/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:749-pg2591-part25:t2:1 # text = Wait, how'd he even get in the cow? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 even even ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | would | he | | | | | in the cow | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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} The cook shoved him in the hay right before the cow was fed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:749-pg2591-part25:t2:o1:1 # text = The cook shoved him in the hay right before the cow was fed 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shoved shove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 right right ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 9 before before SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shove** | past | the cook | him *= he* | | the hay | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in hay=Destination | | 2 | **feed** | past · passive | | the cow | | | | right *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The parson tossed him in a pail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:749-pg2591-part25:t2:o2:1 # text = The parson tossed him in a pail 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 parson parson NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tossed toss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pail pail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **toss** | past | the parson | him *= he* | | a pail | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in pail=Destination | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The cook shoved him in the hay ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:749-pg2591-part25:t2:o3:1 # text = The cook shoved him in the hay 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shoved shove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shove** | past | the cook | him *= he* | | the hay | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in hay=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} He climbed into the cow's stall and hid in the hay bin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:749-pg2591-part25:t2:o4:1 # text = He climbed into the cow's stall and hid in the hay bin 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 stall stall NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | past | He | | | the cow's stall | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into stall=Destination | | 2 | **hide** | past | He *not said here* | | | the hay bin | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bin=Location | **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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