--- title: why did the mole act all cautious, was he hiding something? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: why did the mole act all cautious, was he hiding something? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 883 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 94: Tiny nurses a frozen swallow while the field-mouse plans her wedding to the mole» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/883-pg27200-part94/t8/) [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, Thumbelina, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/883-pg27200-part94/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 94: Tiny nurses a… why did the mole act all cautious, was he hiding something? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mole · **What happens:** act, hide · **To what, where:** something This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 883 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 94: Tiny nurses a frozen swallow while the field-mouse plans her wedding to the mole» 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/883-pg27200-part94/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:883-pg27200-part94:t8:1 # text = why did the mole act all cautious, was he hiding something? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 act act VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 cautious cautious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 12 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** | past · do-support | the mole | | | | | cautious *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hide** | past · progressive | mole | something | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} he didn't want anyone scared of the dead bird ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:883-pg27200-part94:t8:o1:1 # text = he didn't want anyone scared of the dead bird 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | he | anyone | | | | scared *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot anyone=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} he was hiding loot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:883-pg27200-part94:t8:o2:1 # text = he was hiding loot 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 loot loot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past · progressive | he | loot | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loot=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} he was afraid of the dead bird ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:883-pg27200-part94:t8:o3:1 # text = he was afraid of the dead bird 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | of the dead bird; afraid *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} he wanted to hide the bird from the field-mouse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:883-pg27200-part94:t8:o4:1 # text = he wanted to hide the bird from the field-mouse 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **hide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the bird | | | | from the field mouse | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bird=Patient from mouse=Beneficiary | **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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