--- title: Did the boy snail reach the top of the stalk, like? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Fami… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the boy snail reach the top of the stalk, like? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 846 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails find a wife for their adopted son» 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/846-pg27200-part57/t10/) [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 Happy Fami…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/846-pg27200-part57/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails f… Did the boy snail reach the top of the stalk, like? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy snail · **What happens:** reach · **To what, where:** top This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 846 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails find a wife for their adopted son» 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/846-pg27200-part57/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:t10:1 # text = Did the boy snail reach the top of the stalk, like? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 stalk stalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past · do-support | the boy snail | the top of the stalk | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent top=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nah, he stopped at the bottom because the stalk was too tall and slippery ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:t10:o1:1 # text = Nah, he stopped at the bottom because the stalk was too tall and slippery 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 stalk stalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 too too ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 slippery slippery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | he | | | the bottom | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at bottom=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | the stalk | | | | | tall *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | the stalk *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, but it took him two days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:t10:o2:1 # text = Yeah, but it took him two days 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | it | | him *= he* | | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, but it took him three days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:t10:o3:1 # text = Yeah, but it took him three days 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | it | | him *= he* | | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he gave up halfway ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:t10:o4:1 # text = Nah, he gave up halfway 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 halfway halfway ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give up** | past | he | | | | | halfway *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «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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