--- title: Mate, what was the big sparkly thing they saw on the hill? — Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christ… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, what was the big sparkly thing they saw on the hill? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 849 «Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 60: lost in the forest, the children meet a gypsy with wishing nuts» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/849-pg27200-part60/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, Ib and Little Christ…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/849-pg27200-part60/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 60: lost i… Mate, what was the big sparkly thing they saw on the hill? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** be, see · **To what, where:** big sparkly thing, hill This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 849 «Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 60: lost in the forest, the children meet a gypsy with wishing nuts» 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/849-pg27200-part60/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:849-pg27200-part60:t7:1 # text = Mate, what was the big sparkly thing they saw on the hill? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 sparkly sparkly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Mate and the big sparkly thing | the big sparkly thing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | Mate | the big sparkly thing *not said here* | | the hill | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | 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} a river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:849-pg27200-part60:t7:o1:1 # text = a river 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} a clear lake full of fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:849-pg27200-part60:t7:o2:1 # text = a clear lake full of fish 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a shining stone house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:849-pg27200-part60:t7:o3:1 # text = a shining stone house 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 3 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} a green hill of bushes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:849-pg27200-part60:t7:o4:1 # text = a green hill of bushes 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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