--- title: Lol, why did the lady and her crew laugh so hard? — A Wonder-Book, Circe's Palace, part 24… · tree and pragmatics description: Lol, why did the lady and her crew laugh so hard? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 2065 «A Wonder-Book, Circe's Palace, part 24: the sailors feast on golden thrones, then turn into hogs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2065-pg976-part24/t10/) [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/) / [A Wonder-Book, Circe's Palace, part 24…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2065-pg976-part24/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, Circe's Palace, part 24: the sailors feast… Lol, why did the lady and her crew laugh so hard? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lady · **What happens:** laugh This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2065 «A Wonder-Book, Circe's Palace, part 24: the sailors feast on golden thrones, then turn into hogs» 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/2065-pg976-part24/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2065-pg976-part24:t10:1 # text = Lol, why did the lady and her crew laugh so hard? 1 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 laugh laugh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past · do-support | the lady and her crew | | | | | hard *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The guys acted super silly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2065-pg976-part24:t10:o1:1 # text = The guys acted super silly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 guys guy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 acted act VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 super super ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** | past | the guys | | | | | silly *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} They were sad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2065-pg976-part24:t10:o2:1 # text = They were sad 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | sad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The sailors looked really silly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2065-pg976-part24:t10:o3:1 # text = The sailors looked really silly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sailors sailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the sailors | | | | | silly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The guys looked super goofy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2065-pg976-part24:t10:o4:1 # text = The guys looked super goofy 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 guys guy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 super super ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 goofy goofy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the guys | | | | | goofy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | **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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