--- title: Lol, the king was stuck up a tree like a hen, wasn't he? — Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Lol, the king was stuck up a tree like a hen, wasn't he? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1069 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forced to war, the venomous sheep kill his men, and a laughing stranger offers a dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1069-pg2892-part37/t6/) [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/) / [Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1069-pg2892-part37/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forc… Lol, the king was stuck up a tree like a hen, wasn't he? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** stick up, not be · **To what, where:** king, he This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1069 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forced to war, the venomous sheep kill his men, and a laughing stranger offers a dog» 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/1069-pg2892-part37/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t6:1 # text = Lol, the king was stuck up a tree like a hen, wasn't he? 1 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 15 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick up** | past · passive | | the king | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme tree=Destination | | 2 | **not** **is a** | past | | he | | | | like a hen | 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 {#o1} Yeah, he was perched with the others ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t6:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he was perched with the others 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 perched perch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perch** | past · passive | | he | | | | with the others | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, he was hiding up there too ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t6:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he was hiding up there too 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide up** | past · progressive | he | | | there | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, he was roosting with the rest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t6:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he was roosting with the rest 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 roosting roost VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roost** | past · progressive | he | | | | | with the rest | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, sure ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t6:o4:1 # text = Yeah, sure 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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