--- title: What was she singing at the spring? — Household Tales, The Youth and the Wit… · tree and pragmatics description: What was she singing at the spring? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1680 «Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: the birds lead him to the moonlit spring» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1680-pg640-part4/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/) / [Household Tales, The Youth and the Wit…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1680-pg640-part4/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: t… What was she singing at the spring? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** sing This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1680 «Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: the birds lead him to the moonlit spring» 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/1680-pg640-part4/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t9:1 # text = What was she singing at the spring? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · progressive | she | | | | spring | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=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} A song about love that never ends. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t9:o1:1 # text = A song about love that never ends. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 ends end VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **end** | present | a song about love | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} A lullaby. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t9:o2:1 # text = A lullaby. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lullaby lullaby NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A sad song. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t9:o3:1 # text = A sad song. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A song about beauty that never fades. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t9:o4:1 # text = A song about beauty that never fades. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 fades fade VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **fade** | present | a song about beauty | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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