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title: Bruv, what did his voice sound like when he was singing? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narciss… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what did his voice sound like when he was singing? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1881 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 18: the Enchanter's golden feast, fireworks and chariot ride to the King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Test 2 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess…

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Bruv, what did his voice sound like when he was singing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bruv · **What happens:** do, sing · **To what, where:** voice sound

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1881 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 18: the Enchanter's golden feast, fireworks and chariot ride to the King» 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/1881-pg7277-part18/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:t2:1
# text = Bruv, what did his voice sound like when he was singing?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Bruv's voice sound |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · progressive | Bruv |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a screech-owl's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:t2:o1:1
# text = a screech-owl's
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	screech	screech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a trumpet's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:t2:o2:1
# text = a trumpet's
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trumpet	trumpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a thunder's roar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:t2:o3:1
# text = a thunder's roar
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	roar	roar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** |  | a thunder |  |  |  |  |  | nom roar «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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like a rusty gate on a windy night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:t2:o4:1
# text = like a rusty gate on a windy night
1	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	rusty	rusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	windy	windy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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