--- title: Yo, what was that big old stone in the yard even for? — Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone,… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, what was that big old stone in the yard even for? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 920 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone, part 131: the old grave-stone is remembered, and a new tale begins with an old house and a leaking dragon gutter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/920-pg27200-part131/t1/) [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 Old Grave-Stone,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/920-pg27200-part131/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone, part 131: the old g… Yo, what was that big old stone in the yard even for? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 920 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone, part 131: the old grave-stone is remembered, and a new tale begins with an old house and a leaking dragon gutter» 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/920-pg27200-part131/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t1:1 # text = Yo, what was that big old stone in the yard even for? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 even even ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Sitting on ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t1:o1:1 # text = Sitting on 1 Sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit on** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Drying the copper pans ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t1:o2:1 # text = Drying the copper pans 1 Drying dry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 pans pan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry** | gerund | | the copper pans | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient pan=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Scrubbing the cooking pots ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t1:o3:1 # text = Scrubbing the cooking pots 1 Scrubbing scrub VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 cooking cooking NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 pots pot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scrub** | gerund | | the cooking pots | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pot=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} Drying the linen cloths ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t1:o4:1 # text = Drying the linen cloths 1 Drying dry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 linen linen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 cloths cloth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry** | gerund | | the linen cloths | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient cloth=Result | **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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