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title: Bells went ding dong, what were they on about? — Old Tales, Whittington and His Cat, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bells went ding dong, what were they on about? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1968 «Old Tales, Whittington and His Cat, part 27: Dick's cat wins his place at court across the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 7 · ★ · Old Tales, Whittington and His Cat, part 27: Dick's cat wi…

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Bells went ding dong, what were they on about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bells, ding dong · **What happens:** go, be · **To what, where:** ding dong, they

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1968 «Old Tales, Whittington and His Cat, part 27: Dick's cat wins his place at court across the sea» 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/1968-pg7439-part27/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1968-pg7439-part27:t7:1
# text = Bells went ding dong, what were they on about?
1	Bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ding	ding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	dong	dong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Bells | ding dong |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dong=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | ding dong | they |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Turn again, Whittington

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1968-pg7439-part27:t7:o1:1
# text = Turn again, Whittington
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Whittington	Whittington	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* | Whittington |  |  | again |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Whittington, thrice Lord Mayor of London, turn again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1968-pg7439-part27:t7:o2:1
# text = Whittington, thrice Lord Mayor of London, turn again
1	Whittington	Whittington	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	thrice	thrice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Mayor	Mayor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dick, go back to the kitchen and work for the cook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1968-pg7439-part27:t7:o3:1
# text = Dick, go back to the kitchen and work for the cook
1	Dick	dick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | infinitive | Dick |  |  |  |  | to the kitchen and work *result*; for the cook | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to kitchen=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ring for the cook, boy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1968-pg7439-part27:t7:o4:1
# text = Ring for the cook, boy
1	Ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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