--- title: lol, why couldn't the mouse go right up to the table? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sa… · tree and pragmatics description: lol, why couldn't the mouse go right up to the table? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 990 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 201: the elves' glittering maypole and feast, the violet staff and noisy kitchen, then the second mouse sets out to become a poet» of the books course of Mova's pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/990-pg27200-part201/t3/) [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, Soup from a Sa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/990-pg27200-part201/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 2… lol, why couldn't the mouse go right up to the table? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mouse · **What happens:** not go · **To what, where:** table This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 990 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 201: the elves' glittering maypole and feast, the violet staff and noisy kitchen, then the second mouse sets out to become a poet» 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/990-pg27200-part201/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t3:1 # text = lol, why couldn't the mouse go right up to the table? 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 right right ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 up up ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go** | could | the mouse | | | the table | | right *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme up table=Initial\_Location | 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 {#o1} cuz the table was too tall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t3:o1:1 # text = cuz the table was too tall 1 cuz cuz VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cuz** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the table | | | | | tall *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} cuz they didn't want his tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t3:o2:1 # text = cuz they didn't want his tail 1 cuz cuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | they | his tail | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tail=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} cuz he was way too big for them and might've knocked everything over ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t3:o3:1 # text = cuz he was way too big for them and might've knocked everything over 1 cuz cuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 've have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 12 knocked knock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 13 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 12 obj _ _ 14 over over ADV RB _ 12 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | cuz | way | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **knock over** | participle | way *not said here* | everything | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent everything=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} cuz he was way too big for them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t3:o4:1 # text = cuz he was way too big for them 1 cuz cuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | cuz | way | | | | | tree rules | **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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