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title: What did the two lads do while they waited? — Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the two lads do while they waited? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1987 «Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: the herb wakes Mary, and they wed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: the herb wakes Mary,…

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What did the two lads do while they waited?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** two lads, lads · **What happens:** do, wait

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1987 «Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: the herb wakes Mary, and they wed» 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/1987-pg7885-part6/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1987-pg7885-part6:t8:1
# text = What did the two lads do while they waited?
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	5	det	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | the two lads |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wait** | past | lads *= lad* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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sat up all night talking about old times and the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1987-pg7885-part6:t8:o1:1
# text = sat up all night talking about old times and the sea
1	sat	sat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sat up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** | gerund | all night *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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walked round the yard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1987-pg7885-part6:t8:o2:1
# text = walked round the yard
1	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	round	round	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past |  |  |  |  |  | round the yard | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round yard=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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sat up all night and prayed for her soul

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1987-pg7885-part6:t8:o3:1
# text = sat up all night and prayed for her soul
1	sat	sat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sat up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pray** | past | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for her soul | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for soul=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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sat up all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1987-pg7885-part6:t8:o4:1
# text = sat up all night
1	sat	sat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sat up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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