--- title: What's a mote, like a tiny bug or a speck? — Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, par… · tree and pragmatics description: What's a mote, like a tiny bug or a speck? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 939 «Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's eyes are clouded, the Hearer's ears burst, and the third brother sets out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/939-pg27200-part150/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, The Philosopher's Stone, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/939-pg27200-part150/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's ey… What's a mote, like a tiny bug or a speck? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** mote This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 939 «Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's eyes are clouded, the Hearer's ears burst, and the third brother sets out» 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/939-pg27200-part150/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:t9:1 # text = What's a mote, like a tiny bug or a speck? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mote mote NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 bug bug NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 speck speck NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | a mote and a tiny bug or a speck | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A speck of dust, basically, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:t9:o1:1 # text = A speck of dust, basically, lol 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 speck speck NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 basically basically ADV RB _ 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 lol lol INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A tiny flying bug that bites people at night, I guess, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:t9:o2:1 # text = A tiny flying bug that bites people at night, I guess, lol 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 flying flying NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 bug bug NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 bites bite VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 guess guess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 lol lol INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | present | a tiny flying bug | people | | | night | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | | 2 | **guess** | present | a tiny flying bug | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} A tiny bug, like a fly, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:t9:o3:1 # text = A tiny bug, like a fly, lol 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bug bug NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 lol lol INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Like a little bug that lives in the grass and eats the crumbs, basically, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:t9:o4:1 # text = Like a little bug that lives in the grass and eats the crumbs, basically, lol 1 Like like ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 bug bug NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 crumbs crumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 basically basically ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 17 lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | a little bug | | | the grass | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grass=Location | | 2 | **eat** | present | a little bug *not said here* | the crumbs | | | | basically *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crumb=Patient | **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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