--- title: What would probably happen if the kids kept shouting «old witch» at… — The ball over the fence and the grumpy… · tree and pragmatics description: What would probably happen if the kids kept shouting «old witch» at the neighbour? Test 4 of lesson 473 «The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [The ball over the fence and the grumpy…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/) / t4 # Test 4 · The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door What would probably happen if the kids kept shouting «old witch» at the neighbour? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids · **What happens:** happen, keep, shout · **To what, where:** old witch, neighbour This is test 4 of lesson 473 «The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door» of the everyday 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/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t4:1 # text = What would probably happen if the kids kept shouting «old witch» at the neighbour? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 probably probably ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 shouting shout VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ 10 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the kids | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | the kids *not said here* | old witch | | the neighbour | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Topic | 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} The council would give them a prize for it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t4:o1:1 # text = The council would give them a prize for it 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | would | the council | a prize | them *= they* | | | for prize | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Recipient prize=Theme for it=Asset | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} More trouble with her and their parents ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t4:o2:1 # text = More trouble with her and their parents 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} She'd become their best friend ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t4:o3:1 # text = She'd become their best friend 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | She | their best friend | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} She'd give them a big apology ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t4:o4:1 # text = She'd give them a big apology 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 apology apology NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | would | She | a big apology | them *= they* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient apology=Theme | **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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