--- title: wait, the mum who wouldnt believe, did she ghost her own family? — Andersen, The Child in the Grave, part… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, the mum who wouldnt believe, did she ghost her own family? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 809 «Andersen, The Child in the Grave, part 20: a grieving mother slips out to her son's grave at night and meets a stranger» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/809-pg27200-part20/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/) / [Andersen, The Child in the Grave, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/809-pg27200-part20/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Andersen, The Child in the Grave, part 20: a grieving moth… wait, the mum who wouldnt believe, did she ghost her own family? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, mum · **What happens:** wait, believe, do · **To what, where:** mum, she ghost This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 809 «Andersen, The Child in the Grave, part 20: a grieving mother slips out to her son's grave at night and meets a stranger» 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/809-pg27200-part20/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:809-pg27200-part20:t2:1 # text = wait, the mum who wouldnt believe, did she ghost her own family? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 wouldnt wouldnt X FW Foreign=Yes 7 discourse _ _ 7 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 compound _ _ 11 ghost ghost NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | the mum | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **believe** | present | the mum | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **do** | past | | she ghost | | | | | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} she didn't see them much ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:809-pg27200-part20:t2:o1:1 # text = she didn't see them much 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | she | them *= they* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} she zoned out on them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:809-pg27200-part20:t2:o2:1 # text = she zoned out on them 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 zoned zone VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **zone out** | past | she | | | | | on them *= they* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} she basically ghosted them and went to the grave every night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:809-pg27200-part20:t2:o3:1 # text = she basically ghosted them and went to the grave every night 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 basically basically ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 ghosted ghost VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ghost** | past | she | them *= they* | | | night | basically *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location they=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | she *not said here* | | | the grave | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to grave=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} she was mad at them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:809-pg27200-part20:t2:o4:1 # text = she was mad at them 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | at them *= they*; mad *property* | tree rules | **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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