--- title: why did he kiss the metal pig's nose? — Andersen's Tales, The Metal Pig: the b… · tree and pragmatics description: why did he kiss the metal pig's nose? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 899 «Andersen's Tales, The Metal Pig: the boy sneaks out to the Metal Pig, Bellissima is taken by police, and the boy starts drawing» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/899-pg27200-part110/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 Tales, The Metal Pig: the b…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/899-pg27200-part110/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Metal Pig: the boy sneaks out to the… why did he kiss the metal pig's nose? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** kiss · **To what, where:** nose This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 899 «Andersen's Tales, The Metal Pig: the boy sneaks out to the Metal Pig, Bellissima is taken by police, and the boy starts drawing» 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/899-pg27200-part110/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:899-pg27200-part110:t10:1 # text = why did he kiss the metal pig's nose? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kiss kiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kiss** | past · do-support | he | the metal pig's nose | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Co-Agent | 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} he loved it and missed it so much after the night ride ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:899-pg27200-part110:t10:o1:1 # text = he loved it and missed it so much after the night ride 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 missed miss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | past | he | it | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **miss** | past | he *not said here* | it | | | after the night ride | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} he was feeling very sad today ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:899-pg27200-part110:t10:o2:1 # text = he was feeling very sad today 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 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 6 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past · progressive | he | | | | today | sad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} he was saying goodbye forever to the bronze pig in the square ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:899-pg27200-part110:t10:o3:1 # text = he was saying goodbye forever to the bronze pig in the square 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 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 goodbye goodbye NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 forever forever ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 bronze bronze NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · progressive | he | goodbye | the bronze pig in the square | | | forever *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic to pig=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} he loved it and missed it so much ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:899-pg27200-part110:t10:o4:1 # text = he loved it and missed it so much 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 missed miss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | past | he | it | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **miss** | past | he *not said here* | it | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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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