--- title: What did the volunteer do, dead cheeky, at the railings? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes o… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the volunteer do, dead cheeky, at the railings? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 839 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 50: the watchman's soul visits the moon, then a volunteer's head sticks in the hospital railings» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/839-pg27200-part50/t5/) [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, The Goloshes o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/839-pg27200-part50/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 50:… What did the volunteer do, dead cheeky, at the railings? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** volunteer · **What happens:** do This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 839 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 50: the watchman's soul visits the moon, then a volunteer's head sticks in the hospital railings» 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/839-pg27200-part50/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:t5:1 # text = What did the volunteer do, dead cheeky, at the railings? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 volunteer volunteer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 cheeky cheeky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 railings railing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present | the volunteer | | | | | | 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 {#o1} Climbed over the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:t5:o1:1 # text = Climbed over the wall 1 Climbed climb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 over over ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | participle | | | | the wall | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wall=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Ran away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:t5:o2:1 # text = Ran away 1 Ran run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run away** | participle | | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Wished his head through ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:t5:o3:1 # text = Wished his head through 1 Wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | | his head | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot head=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Shouted loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:t5:o4:1 # text = Shouted loudly 1 Shouted shout VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle | | | | | | loudly *property* | 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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