--- title: What was that golden cock doing, mate? — pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with t… · tree and pragmatics description: What was that golden cock doing, mate? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1752 «pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with the lady, learns the thirteenth dish is forbidden, and must leave the house» 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/1752-pg641-part3/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/) / [pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1752-pg641-part3/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with the lady, learns the… What was that golden cock doing, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** golden cock · **What happens:** do This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1752 «pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with the lady, learns the thirteenth dish is forbidden, and must leave the house» 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/1752-pg641-part3/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:t5:1 # text = What was that golden cock doing, mate? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · progressive | golden cock | | | | | mate *vocative* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} crowing and flapping ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:t5:o1:1 # text = crowing and flapping 1 crowing crow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 flapping flap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **flap** | gerund | | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} eating the cake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:t5:o2:1 # text = eating the cake 1 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | gerund | | the cake | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} sleeping on the grass ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:t5:o3:1 # text = sleeping on the grass 1 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | the grass | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} hiding in the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:t5:o4:1 # text = hiding in the sea 1 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | gerund | | | | the sea | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sea=Location | **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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