--- title: why was rudy basically the house's boss now? — Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an av… · tree and pragmatics description: why was rudy basically the house's boss now? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 855 «Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an avalanche kills the uncle, and Rudy becomes the family's hunter and guide» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/855-pg27200-part66/t11/) [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, Rudy, part 66: an av…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/855-pg27200-part66/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an avalanche kills the un… why was rudy basically the house's boss now? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 855 «Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an avalanche kills the uncle, and Rudy becomes the family's hunter and guide» 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/855-pg27200-part66/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:855-pg27200-part66:t11:1 # text = why was rudy basically the house's boss now? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 rudy rudy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 basically basically ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | rudy *property* | tree rules | 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} he brought in all the money now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:855-pg27200-part66:t11:o1:1 # text = he brought in all the money now 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | he | | | all money | now | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} he was the main support of the household ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:855-pg27200-part66:t11:o2:1 # text = he was the main support of the household 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 support support NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | he | the main support | | | | of the household | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} he was the main support of the household and gave all orders now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:855-pg27200-part66:t11:o3:1 # text = he was the main support of the household and gave all orders now 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 support support NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | he | the main support | | | | of the household | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | he *not said here* | all orders | | | now | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} he kept the whole family fed with his gun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:855-pg27200-part66:t11:o4:1 # text = he kept the whole family fed with his gun 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | he | the whole family | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme | | 2 | **feed** | participle | | the whole family *not said here* | | | | with his gun | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: 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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