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title: how'd the singers start off, like, what's the vibe? — Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater… · tree and pragmatics
description: how'd the singers start off, like, what's the vibe? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1273 «Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stolen boy is found by his parents, and a wood-child is adopted by a chieftain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 9 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stole…

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how'd the singers start off, like, what's the vibe?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** singers · **What happens:** start off, be · **To what, where:** vibe

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1273 «Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stolen boy is found by his parents, and a wood-child is adopted by a chieftain» 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/1273-pg338-part10/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:t9:1
# text = how'd the singers start off, like, what's the vibe?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	singers	singer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	start	start	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	vibe	vibe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start off** | present | the singers |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the vibe |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They whistled a loud tune together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:t9:o1:1
# text = They whistled a loud tune together
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	whistled	whistle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whistle** | past | They | a loud tune |  |  |  | together *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They hummed to find the common pitch, then sang the whole song in a circle around the fire

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:t9:o2:1
# text = They hummed to find the common pitch, then sang the whole song in a circle around the fire
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hummed	hum	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	around	around	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hum** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the common pitch |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pitch=Topic |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | They *not said here* | the whole song |  | a circle around the fire | then |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They hummed to find the common pitch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:t9:o3:1
# text = They hummed to find the common pitch
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hummed	hum	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hum** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the common pitch |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pitch=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They hummed softly in a circle, testing each voice until they found the common pitch together

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:t9:o4:1
# text = They hummed softly in a circle, testing each voice until they found the common pitch together
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hummed	hum	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	testing	test	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	advcl	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	together	together	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hum** | past | They |  |  | a circle |  | softly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in circle=Location |
| 2 | **test** | gerund | They *not said here* | each voice |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme |
| 3 | **find** | past | they | the common pitch |  |  |  | together *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pitch=Topic |

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