--- title: Wait, why did the farmer hate sextons so much? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus a… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, why did the farmer hate sextons so much? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 869 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 80: Little Claus tricks the farmer and sells him the sexton in a chest» 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/869-pg27200-part80/t2/) [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, Little Claus a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/869-pg27200-part80/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 8… Wait, why did the farmer hate sextons so much? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, do · **To what, where:** farmer hate sextons This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 869 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 80: Little Claus tricks the farmer and sells him the sexton in a chest» 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/869-pg27200-part80/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:869-pg27200-part80:t2:1 # text = Wait, why did the farmer hate sextons so much? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 farmer farmer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 hate hate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 sextons sexton NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past | you *not said here* | the farmer hate sextons | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sexton=Eventuality | 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} They owed him gold coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:869-pg27200-part80:t2:o1:1 # text = They owed him gold coins 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 owed owe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **owe** | past | They | gold coins | him *= he* | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal coin=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He just couldn't stand them and their long grey coats ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:869-pg27200-part80:t2:o2:1 # text = He just couldn't stand them and their long grey coats 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 9 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 coats coat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stand** | could | He | them *= they* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} He had simply never liked them since he was a boy at school ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:869-pg27200-part80:t2:o3:1 # text = He had simply never liked them since he was a boy at school 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 simply simply ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 since since SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 advcl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | He | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **like** | past | He *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | simply *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | he | a boy | | school | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He just couldn't stand them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:869-pg27200-part80:t2:o4:1 # text = He just couldn't stand them 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stand** | could | He | them *= they* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | **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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