--- title: What did the old thoughts do, according to the boy? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House:… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the old thoughts do, according to the boy? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 921 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: a lonely old man and a little boy become friends across the street» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/921-pg27200-part132/t14/) [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, The Old House:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/921-pg27200-part132/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: a lonely old man an… What did the old thoughts do, according to the boy? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old thoughts · **What happens:** do, accord This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 921 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: a lonely old man and a little boy become friends across the street» 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/921-pg27200-part132/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t14:1 # text = What did the old thoughts do, according to the boy? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 case _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | the old thoughts | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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} Came back round at night, like guests, to pay him visits ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t14:o1:1 # text = Came back round at night, like guests, to pay him visits 1 Came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 round round ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 visits visit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past | | | | | night | like guests; round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pay** | to-infinitive | | | him *= he* | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient visit=Asset | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Came back round to visit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t14:o2:1 # text = Came back round to visit 1 Came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 round round ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past | | | | | | round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **visit** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Came back to haunt him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t14:o3:1 # text = Came back to haunt him 1 Came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 haunt haunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **haunt** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Kept coming back round to visit him again and again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t14:o4:1 # text = Kept coming back round to visit him again and again 1 Kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 round round ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come back** | gerund | | | | | | round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **visit** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | again | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-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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