--- title: What did the two of them do when the stork danced? — Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the two of them do when the stork danced? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1872 «Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget the magic word and spend a night in a haunted ruin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1872-pg7277-part9/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/) / [Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1872-pg7277-part9/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget… What did the two of them do when the stork danced? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** dance This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1872 «Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget the magic word and spend a night in a haunted ruin» 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/1872-pg7277-part9/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t13:1 # text = What did the two of them do when the stork danced? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ _ 7 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 danced dance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | past · passive · do-support | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They laughed a bit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t13:o1:1 # text = They laughed a bit 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | They | a bit | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} They clapped and cheered the whole time, which was a mistake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t13:o2:1 # text = They clapped and cheered the whole time, which was a mistake 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 clapped clap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 cheered cheer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clap** | past | They | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cheer** | past | They *not said here* | | | | time | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | past | the whole time | a mistake | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They laughed till they couldn't stop, which was the big problem ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t13:o3:1 # text = They laughed till they couldn't stop, which was the big problem 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 till till SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **stop** | could | they | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **is a** | past | | the big problem | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} They cried a lot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t13:o4:1 # text = They cried a lot 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | They | a lot | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic | **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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