--- title: so the ravens are like the group chat of the sea? — Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King… · tree and pragmatics description: so the ravens are like the group chat of the sea? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1482-pg503-part69/t5/) [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/) / [Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1482-pg503-part69/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden pict… so the ravens are like the group chat of the sea? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ravens · **What happens:** be This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with the Princess» 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/1482-pg503-part69/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t5:1 # text = so the ravens are like the group chat of the sea? 1 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ravens raven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 chat chat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the ravens | | | | | like the group chat; of the sea | 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} lol kinda, they talk about the king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t5:o1:1 # text = lol kinda, they talk about the king 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 kinda kinda ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 talk talk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | present | they | | | | | about the king; kinda *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about king=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} lol yeah, they're basically gossiping about the king's whole plan and everyone's business ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t5:o2:1 # text = lol yeah, they're basically gossiping about the king's whole plan and everyone's business 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 2 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 basically basically ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 gossiping gossip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gossip** *speech: other* | present · progressive | they | | | | | about the king's whole plan and everyone's business; basically *property* | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about plan=Topic | | 2 | **plan** | | the king | | | | | | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, they gossip about everyone up there ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t5:o3:1 # text = yeah, they gossip about everyone up there 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gossip gossip VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ 7 up up ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gossip** *speech: other* | present | they | | | there | | about everyone | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about everyone=Topic | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} lol yeah, they're spilling all the tea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t5:o4:1 # text = lol yeah, they're spilling all the tea 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ 2 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 spilling spill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spill** | present · progressive | they | all tea | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tea=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; 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