--- title: Did the guests look well nervous when the beggar walked in? — Lang's Fairy Books, The Stones of Plou… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the guests look well nervous when the beggar walked in? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1316 «Lang's Fairy Books, The Stones of Plouhinec, part 1: a beggar comes to the Christmas supper» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1316-pg3454-part41/t9/) [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/) / [Lang's Fairy Books, The Stones of Plou…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1316-pg3454-part41/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Books, The Stones of Plouhinec, part 1: a beg… Did the guests look well nervous when the beggar walked in? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guests, beggar · **What happens:** do, look, walk in This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1316 «Lang's Fairy Books, The Stones of Plouhinec, part 1: a beggar comes to the Christmas supper» 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/1316-pg3454-part41/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1316-pg3454-part41:t9:1 # text = Did the guests look well nervous when the beggar walked in? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 nervous nervous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 11 in in ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | present | the guests | | | | | nervous *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **walk in** | past | the beggar | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Yeah, some looked scared and others got up to leave the room ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1316-pg3454-part41:t9:o1:1 # text = Yeah, some looked scared and others got up to leave the room 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | some | | | | | scared *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **get up** | past | others | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **leave** | to-infinitive | others *not said here* | the room | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Nah, they were laughing and joking about him when he came in ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1316-pg3454-part41:t9:o2:1 # text = Nah, they were laughing and joking about him when he came in 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 laughing laugh VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 joking joke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 13 in in ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past · progressive | they | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **joke** *speech: other* | gerund | they *not said here* | | | | | about him *= he* | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about he=Topic | | 3 | **come in** | past | he | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, some looked scared ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1316-pg3454-part41:t9:o3:1 # text = Yeah, some looked scared 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | some | | | | | scared *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, some were well cross ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1316-pg3454-part41:t9:o4:1 # text = Yeah, some were well cross 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 cross cross ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | some | | | | | cross, well *property* | 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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