--- title: Wicked, the lion whistled like a kettle, right? How many times did i… — Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Wicked, the lion whistled like a kettle, right? How many times did it whistle? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1918 «Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 55: Vivien slays the lion and Giant, then rides a snail to the Green Castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1918-pg7277-part55/t1/) [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 Vivien, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1918-pg7277-part55/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 55: Vivien slays th… Wicked, the lion whistled like a kettle, right? How many times did it whistle? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Wicked lion, lion · **What happens:** whistle This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1918 «Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 55: Vivien slays the lion and Giant, then rides a snail to the Green Castle» 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/1918-pg7277-part55/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Wicked, the lion whistled like a kettle, right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1918-pg7277-part55:t1:1 # text = Wicked, the lion whistled like a kettle, right? 1 Wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 whistled whistle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 right right INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whistle** | past | the Wicked lion | | | | | like a kettle | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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. *Sentence 2:* How many times did it whistle? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1918-pg7277-part55:t1:2 # text = How many times did it whistle? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 whistle whistle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whistle** | past · do-support | lion | | | | time | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} again and again until the sun set ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1918-pg7277-part55:t1:o1:1 # text = again and again until the sun set 1 again again ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 1 conj _ _ 4 until until ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} more than a dozen times in a row ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1918-pg7277-part55:t1:o2:1 # text = more than a dozen times in a row 1 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 4 advmod _ _ 2 than than ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dozen dozen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} four times ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1918-pg7277-part55:t1:o3:1 # text = four times 1 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} three times ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1918-pg7277-part55:t1:o4:1 # text = three times 1 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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