--- title: Ok, what did the lady say the guys were acting like? — A Wonder-Book, Circe's Palace, part 24… · tree and pragmatics description: Ok, what did the lady say the guys were acting like? Test 12 · ★ 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; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2065-pg976-part24/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, Circe's Palace, part 24: the sailors feast… Ok, what did the lady say the guys were acting like? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lady, guys · **What happens:** say, act · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2065-pg976-part24:t12:1 # text = Ok, what did the lady say the guys were acting like? 1 Ok ok INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 guys guy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 acting act VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ _ 12 like like INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the lady | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **act** | past · progressive | the guys | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A hog-pen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2065-pg976-part24:t12:o1:1 # text = A hog-pen 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 hog hog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 pen pen NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A cow-shed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2065-pg976-part24:t12:o2:1 # text = A cow-shed 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 shed shed NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Like a dirty pen for cattle and sheep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2065-pg976-part24:t12:o3:1 # text = Like a dirty pen for cattle and sheep 1 Like like ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 pen pen NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A pigsty full of rotten mud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2065-pg976-part24:t12:o4:1 # text = A pigsty full of rotten mud 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pigsty pigsty NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 rotten rotten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` 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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