--- title: was the boy's glovemaking going well after all that? — Andersen's Tales, The Metal Pig: the b… · tree and pragmatics description: was the boy's glovemaking going well after all that? Test 9 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/899-pg27200-part110/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Metal Pig: the boy sneaks out to the… was the boy's glovemaking going well after all that? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** be, glovemak, go This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:899-pg27200-part110:t9:1 # text = was the boy's glovemaking going well after all that? 1 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 glovemaking glovemak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 obl _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | 's the boy | tree rules | | 2 | **glovemak** | gerund | the boy *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | gerund | the boy *not said here* | | | | after all | well *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} nope, he made gloves all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:899-pg27200-part110:t9:o1:1 # text = nope, he made gloves all day 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | he | gloves | | | day | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glove=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} nope, it was slow, because he kept drawing pictures all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:899-pg27200-part110:t9:o2:1 # text = nope, it was slow, because he kept drawing pictures all day 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 drawing draw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 amod _ _ 11 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | slow *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | past | he | drawing pictures | | | day | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Theme | | 3 | **draw** | gerund | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, he was making gloves fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:899-pg27200-part110:t9:o3:1 # text = yeah, he was making gloves fast 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · progressive | he | gloves | | | | fast *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glove=Product | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} nope, it was slow, he kept drawing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:899-pg27200-part110:t9:o4:1 # text = nope, it was slow, he kept drawing 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 drawing draw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | slow *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | past | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **draw** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: 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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