--- title: Oi, why was Jack chucking clay everywhere? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dulla… · tree and pragmatics description: Oi, why was Jack chucking clay everywhere? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 820 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard: Jack wins the Princess with clay, a crow and a wooden shoe» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/820-pg27200-part31/t1/) [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's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dulla…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/820-pg27200-part31/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard: Jack wins the Pr… Oi, why was Jack chucking clay everywhere? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jack · **What happens:** chuck · **To what, where:** clay This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 820 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard: Jack wins the Princess with clay, a crow and a wooden shoe» 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/820-pg27200-part31/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:t1:1 # text = Oi, why was Jack chucking clay everywhere? 1 Oi oi NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 chucking chuck VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 7 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuck** | past · progressive | Jack | clay | | | | everywhere *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clay=Theme | 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} Cos the clerks were being well annoying and he wanted a laugh, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:t1:o1:1 # text = Cos the clerks were being well annoying and he wanted a laugh, innit 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 clerks clerk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 annoying annoying ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 advcl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 14 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the clerks | | | | | annoying, well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | past | he | a laugh | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot laugh=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Cos it was a proper laugh, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:t1:o2:1 # text = Cos it was a proper laugh, innit 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | a proper laugh and innit | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Cos he was bored of the hall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:t1:o3:1 # text = Cos he was bored of the hall 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 bored bore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bore** | past · passive | | he | | | | of the hall | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cos he was angry at the head clerk for shouting, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:t1:o4:1 # text = Cos he was angry at the head clerk for shouting, innit 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 clerk clerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 shouting shout VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | the head clerk and innit | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | the head clerk and innit *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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