--- title: Whit did the knight dae when he heard the singin, mate? — Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Bla… · tree and pragmatics description: Whit did the knight dae when he heard the singin, mate? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 238 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the youngest sister rides off on the Black Bull and wins back her knight» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/238-pg14241-part5/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/) / [Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Bla…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/238-pg14241-part5/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway,… Whit did the knight dae when he heard the singin, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whit · **What happens:** do, hear · **To what, where:** knight, singin This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 238 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the youngest sister rides off on the Black Bull and wins back her knight» 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/238-pg14241-part5/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t12:1 # text = Whit did the knight dae when he heard the singin, mate? 1 Whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 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 4 det _ _ 4 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 dae dae X FW Foreign=Yes 4 dep _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 singin singin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Whit | the knight | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Eventuality | | 2 | **hear** | past | Whit | the singin and mate | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer singin=Stimulus | 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 {#o1} Pretended tae drink the whole cup, then sat up and listened ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t12:o1:1 # text = Pretended tae drink the whole cup, then sat up and listened 1 Pretended pretend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 2 tae tae X FW Foreign=Yes 1 conj _ _ 3 drink drink VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 9 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 listened listen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **drink** | imperative | you *not said here* | the whole cup | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient | | 3 | **sit up** | past | you *not said here* | | | | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **listen** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Lay still and then got up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t12:o2:1 # text = Lay still and then got up 1 Lay lay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 still still ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | still | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get up** | past | you *not said here* | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Pretended tae sleep, then ran ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t12:o3:1 # text = Pretended tae sleep, then ran 1 Pretended pretend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 2 tae tae X FW Foreign=Yes 3 compound _ _ 3 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | past | Pretended tae sleep | | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Pretended tae drink, then woke up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t12:o4:1 # text = Pretended tae drink, then woke up 1 Pretended pretend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 2 tae tae X FW Foreign=Yes 3 compound _ _ 3 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wake up** | past | | Pretended tae drink | | | then | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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