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title: Yeah but what were the English lot up to? — Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Dou… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yeah but what were the English lot up to? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 345 «Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won back at dusk» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won b…

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Yeah but what were the English lot up to?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 345 «Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won back at dusk» 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/345-pg18442-part5/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:t4:1
# text = Yeah but what were the English lot up to?
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
8	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Scoffing ale and having a laugh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:t4:o1:1
# text = Scoffing ale and having a laugh
1	Scoffing	scoff	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	ale	ale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scoff** | gerund |  | ale |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ale=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | gerund |  | a laugh |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Snoring in the great hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:t4:o2:1
# text = Snoring in the great hall
1	Snoring	snore	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snore** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in the great hall | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in hall=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Getting drunk on wine and telling stories in the courtyard all night long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:t4:o3:1
# text = Getting drunk on wine and telling stories in the courtyard all night long
1	Getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	drunk	drink	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
7	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund |  |  |  |  | night | long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **drink** | participle |  |  |  | wine |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | stories |  | the courtyard |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Gambling their wages away and singing rude songs in the great hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:t4:o4:1
# text = Gambling their wages away and singing rude songs in the great hall
1	Gambling	gamble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	wages	wage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gamble away** | gerund |  | their wages |  |  |  | away *property* | vn risk-94 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wage=Pivot |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  | rude songs |  | the great hall |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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