--- title: bro, did the procession have drums or what? — Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a l… · tree and pragmatics description: bro, did the procession have drums or what? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 277 «Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wanders old Copenhagen and is taken for a foreigner» 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/277-pg1597-part4/t8/) [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/) / [Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a l…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/277-pg1597-part4/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wande… bro, did the procession have drums or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** procession · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** drums This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 277 «Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wanders old Copenhagen and is taken for a foreigner» 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/277-pg1597-part4/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:t8:1 # text = bro, did the procession have drums or what? 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 drums drum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past · do-support | the procession | drums | | | | bro *vocative* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drum=Patient | 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} a band of a dozen drummers and fifes marching in step ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:t8:o1:1 # text = a band of a dozen drummers and fifes marching in step 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dozen dozen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 drummers drummer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 fifes fife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 9 marching march VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **march** | gerund | dozen drummers and fifes *not said here* | | | | | in step | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in step=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} a dozen drummers and fifes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:t8:o2:1 # text = a dozen drummers and fifes 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dozen dozen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 drummers drummer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 fifes fife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a dozen trumpeters ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:t8:o3:1 # text = a dozen trumpeters 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dozen dozen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 trumpeters trumpeter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} twelve pipers and horns ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:t8:o4:1 # text = twelve pipers and horns 1 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pipers piper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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