--- title: how'd she get to the big town, bro? — Mouse Tales, The Mouse's Tale, part 20… · tree and pragmatics description: how'd she get to the big town, bro? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 991 «Mouse Tales, The Mouse's Tale, part 202: the fourth mouse bursts in and tells of her jail escape» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/991-pg27200-part202/t4/) [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/) / [Mouse Tales, The Mouse's Tale, part 20…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/991-pg27200-part202/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Mouse Tales, The Mouse's Tale, part 202: the fourth mouse… how'd she get to the big town, bro? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** big town This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 991 «Mouse Tales, The Mouse's Tale, part 202: the fourth mouse bursts in and tells of her jail escape» 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/991-pg27200-part202/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:991-pg27200-part202:t4:1 # text = how'd she get to the big town, bro? 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | she | the big town | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer town=Stimulus | 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} she hid in a goods train, then rode the railway and walked back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:991-pg27200-part202:t4:o1:1 # text = she hid in a goods train, then rode the railway and walked back 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 6 compound _ _ 6 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 9 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 railway railway NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 back back ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | she | | | a goods train | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in train=Location | | 2 | **ride** | past | she *not said here* | the railway | | | then | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent railway=Theme | | 3 | **walk back** | past | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} hid in a goods train, rode the railway ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:991-pg27200-part202:t4:o2:1 # text = hid in a goods train, rode the railway 1 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 5 compound _ _ 5 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 railway railway NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | | | | a goods train | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in train=Location | | 2 | **ride** | past | | the railway | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent railway=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} walked, then took a cart ride ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:991-pg27200-part202:t4:o3:1 # text = walked, then took a cart ride 1 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | | a cart ride | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ride=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} she ran all the way on foot, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:991-pg27200-part202:t4:o4:1 # text = she ran all the way on foot, bro 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | she | all way | | foot and bro | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent way=Theme on foot=Trajectory | **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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