--- title: why did the counsellors shut every door and window, like proper para… — Yellow Fairy Book, Mayblossom, part 4:… · tree and pragmatics description: why did the counsellors shut every door and window, like proper paranoid? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1507 «Yellow Fairy Book, Mayblossom, part 4: the Princess spies Fanfaronade through a peep-hole and falls for him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1507-pg540-part4/t2/) [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/) / [Yellow Fairy Book, Mayblossom, part 4:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1507-pg540-part4/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Mayblossom, part 4: the Princess spies… why did the counsellors shut every door and window, like proper paranoid? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** counsellors · **What happens:** shut · **To what, where:** door This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1507 «Yellow Fairy Book, Mayblossom, part 4: the Princess spies Fanfaronade through a peep-hole and falls for him» 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/1507-pg540-part4/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1507-pg540-part4:t2:1 # text = why did the counsellors shut every door and window, like proper paranoid? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 counsellors counsellor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 shut shut VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 paranoid paranoid NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut** | past · do-support | the counsellors | every door and window | | | | like proper paranoid | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient | 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} cos the king said so, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1507-pg540-part4:t2:o1:1 # text = cos the king said so, innit 1 cos cos VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 innit innit INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} so nobody outside could ever earwig their secret plan about the cursed baby ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1507-pg540-part4:t2:o2:1 # text = so nobody outside could ever earwig their secret plan about the cursed baby 1 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ _ 3 outside outside ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ 6 earwig earwig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 cursed curse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **earwig** | could | nobody | their secret plan | | | ever | about the cursed baby | tree rules | | 2 | **curse** | participle | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **plan** | | their *= they* | | | | | about the cursed baby | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent about=obl | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} so nobody could earwig their plan ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1507-pg540-part4:t2:o3:1 # text = so nobody could earwig their plan 1 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 earwig earwig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **earwig** | could | nobody | their plan | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **plan** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} so no one saw the plan ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1507-pg540-part4:t2:o4:1 # text = so no one saw the plan 1 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 3 det _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | no one | the plan | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plan=Stimulus | **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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