--- title: sick, Grumedan's whistle got oysters crawling up the bank, mad stuff… — Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus an… · tree and pragmatics description: sick, Grumedan's whistle got oysters crawling up the bank, mad stuff, yeah? Test 5 · ★ 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 o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1880-pg7277-part17/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/) / [Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1880-pg7277-part17/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten… sick, Grumedan's whistle got oysters crawling up the bank, mad stuff, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** whistle, oysters, Grumedan · **What happens:** get, crawl up, whistle · **To what, where:** oysters, bank This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t5:1 # text = sick, Grumedan's whistle got oysters crawling up the bank, mad stuff, yeah? 1 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 Grumedan Grumedan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 whistle whistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 oysters oyster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 crawling crawl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 acl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 16 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Grumedan's whistle | oysters and mad stuff | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer oyster=Stimulus | | 2 | **crawl up** | gerund | oysters and mad stuff *not said here* | the bank | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location bank=Theme | | 3 | **whistle** | | Grumedan | | | | | | nom whistle «event intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} they sang a rude song, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t5:o1:1 # text = they sang a rude song, innit 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | they | a rude song and innit | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} they were just shells ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t5:o2:1 # text = they were just shells 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 shells shell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | they | shells | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} they brought pearls for the Princess ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t5:o3:1 # text = they brought pearls for the Princess 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | they | pearls | | | | for the Princess | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent pearl=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} they got hungry and ate the frogs, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t5:o4:1 # text = they got hungry and ate the frogs, bruv 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | they | bruv | | | | hungry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **eat** | past | they *not said here* | the frogs | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=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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