--- title: Did the bell sound clear when they got to the willow? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the bell sound clear when they got to the willow? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 297 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws the town into the wood, and only a few go on» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/297-pg1597-part24/t9/) [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's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/297-pg1597-part24/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws… Did the bell sound clear when they got to the willow? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bell, they · **What happens:** sound, get This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 297 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws the town into the wood, and only a few go on» 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/297-pg1597-part24/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:t9:1 # text = Did the bell sound clear when they got to the willow? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sound sound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 willow willow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | past · do-support | the bell | | | | | clear *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **get** | past | they | | | | | to the willow *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to willow=Result | 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} no, it was loud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:t9:o1:1 # text = no, it was loud 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | loud *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} no, it was just a fancy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:t9:o2:1 # text = no, it was just a fancy 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | a fancy | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} no, it sounded very muddy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:t9:o3:1 # text = no, it sounded very muddy 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 muddy muddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | past | it | | | | | muddy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} no, it was just a fancy of the boys who had walked so far and wanted something ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:t9:o4:1 # text = no, it was just a fancy of the boys who had walked so far and wanted something 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 walked walk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 18 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 17 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | a fancy | | | | of the boys | tree rules | | 2 | **walk** | past · perfect | the boys | | | | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **want** | past | the boys *not said here* | something | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot something=Theme | **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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