--- title: What was the lady saying she was off to do upstairs? — Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack and the Be… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the lady saying she was off to do upstairs? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1536 «Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 33: Jack is hidden in the Giant's wardrobe and steals the golden-egg hen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1536-pg540-part33/t13/) [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/) / [Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack and the Be…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1536-pg540-part33/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 33: Ja… What was the lady saying she was off to do upstairs? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lady · **What happens:** be, do · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1536 «Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 33: Jack is hidden in the Giant's wardrobe and steals the golden-egg hen» 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/1536-pg540-part33/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:t13:1 # text = What was the lady saying she was off to do upstairs? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 11 upstairs upstairs ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *speech: assert* | past | the lady | | | | | say *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | | upstairs *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} wash the dishes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:t13:o1:1 # text = wash the dishes 1 wash wash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | the dishes | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} finish her story ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:t13:o2:1 # text = finish her story 1 finish finish VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | imperative | you *not said here* | her story | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality story=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} finish the story she was reading ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:t13:o3:1 # text = finish the story she was reading 1 finish finish VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | imperative | you *not said here* | the story | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality story=Eventuality | | 2 | **read** | past · progressive | she | the story *not said here* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} to finish her long story upstairs now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:t13:o4:1 # text = to finish her long story upstairs now 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 finish finish VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 upstairs upstairs ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | to-infinitive | | her long story | | | now | upstairs *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality story=Eventuality | **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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