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title: bruv, Grumedan's frogs sang that rubbish opera for five whole hours,… — Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus an… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruv, Grumedan's frogs sang that rubbish opera for five whole hours, proper grim Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1880 «Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 17: Grumedan dazzles Potentilla with flowers, frogs and pearls, and Narcissus answers with a nightingale» of the books cou
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# Test 2 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bruv, Grumedan's frogs sang that rubbish opera for five whole hours, proper grim

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** frogs · **What happens:** sing · **To what, where:** bruv

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1880 «Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 17: Grumedan dazzles Potentilla with flowers, frogs and pearls, and Narcissus answers with a nightingale» 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/1880-pg7277-part17/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t2:1
# text = bruv, Grumedan's frogs sang that rubbish opera for five whole hours, proper grim
1	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Grumedan	Grumedan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	opera	opera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
15	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	grim	grim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Grumedan's frogs | bruv |  |  | hour |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location opera=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
did the Princess actually enjoy the frogs' opera or was she just being polite about it all?

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t2:o1:1
# text = did the Princess actually enjoy the frogs' opera or was she just being polite about it all?
1	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	opera	opera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	_
15	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
16	about	about	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **enjoy** | present | the Princess | the frogs's opera |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer opera=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | past | Princess |  |  |  |  | about opera; polite *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what did the frogs do in the end?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t2:o2:1
# text = what did the frogs do in the end?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the frogs |  |  |  | in the end |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
who wrote the frogs' rubbish opera?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t2:o3:1
# text = who wrote the frogs' rubbish opera?
1	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	opera	opera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past |  | the frogs's rubbish opera |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opera=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what did the frogs do in the end once the five hours were finally over, bruv?

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t2:o4:1
# text = what did the frogs do in the end once the five hours were finally over, bruv?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	over	over	ADV	RB	_	17	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  | in the end |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | the frogs |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | the five hours |  |  |  |  | finally, over *property* | tree rules |

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