--- title: no cap, why did he think his brain was softening? — Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fort… · tree and pragmatics description: no cap, why did he think his brain was softening? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 840 «Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 51: a volunteer shrinks to wander through strange hearts, then a clerk puts on the goloshes and feels like a poet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/840-pg27200-part51/t7/) [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 Tales, The Goloshes of Fort…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/840-pg27200-part51/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 51: a volu… no cap, why did he think his brain was softening? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he, cap · **What happens:** think, soften · **To what, where:** brain This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 840 «Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 51: a volunteer shrinks to wander through strange hearts, then a clerk puts on the goloshes and feels like a poet» 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/840-pg27200-part51/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:840-pg27200-part51:t7:1 # text = no cap, why did he think his brain was softening? 1 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 softening soften VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | he | his brain | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot brain=Theme | | 2 | **soften** | past · progressive | no cap | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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} blood rushing to his head from standing too long in the sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:840-pg27200-part51:t7:o1:1 # text = blood rushing to his head from standing too long in the sun 1 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 rushing rush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 from from SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rush** | gerund | blood *not said here* | | | | | to his head *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to head=Result | | 2 | **stand** | gerund | blood *not said here* | | | the sun | | long *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sun=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} too much wine at dinner ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:840-pg27200-part51:t7:o2:1 # text = too much wine at dinner 1 too too ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} blood rushing to his head after reading too many poems at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:840-pg27200-part51:t7:o3:1 # text = blood rushing to his head after reading too many poems at night 1 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 rushing rush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 after after SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 poems poem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rush** | gerund | blood *not said here* | | | | | to his head *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to head=Result | | 2 | **read** | gerund | blood *not said here* | many poems | | | night | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Topic | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} blood rushing to his head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:840-pg27200-part51:t7:o4:1 # text = blood rushing to his head 1 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 rushing rush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rush** | gerund | blood *not said here* | | | | | to his head *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to head=Result | **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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