--- title: Lol, what did the first dude's story last? — Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goos… · tree and pragmatics description: Lol, what did the first dude's story last? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 356 «Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goose Boy, part 1: the king naps under a tree and wakes at noon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/356-pg18442-part16/t6/) [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/) / [Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goos…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/356-pg18442-part16/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goose Boy, part 1: the k… Lol, what did the first dude's story last? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** story This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 356 «Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goose Boy, part 1: the king naps under a tree and wakes at noon» 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/356-pg18442-part16/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:t6:1 # text = Lol, what did the first dude's story last? 1 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 10 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the first dude's story | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Eventuality | 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} Four months, then he gave up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:t6:o1:1 # text = Four months, then he gave up 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|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 | **give up** | past | he | | | | then; month | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Three months, then he blanked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:t6:o2:1 # text = Three months, then he blanked 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 blanked blank 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 | **blank** | past | he | | | | then; month | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Three full months of rambling, and then he simply stopped talking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:t6:o3:1 # text = Three full months of rambling, and then he simply stopped talking 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 rambling ramble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 simply simply ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ramble** | gerund | Three full months *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | past | he | | | | then; month | simply *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **talk** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Three months, then he blanked on the story's ending completely ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:t6:o4:1 # text = Three months, then he blanked on the story's ending completely 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 blanked blank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 ending ending NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 completely completely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blank** | past | he | | | the story's ending | then; month | completely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **end** | | the story | | | | | | nom ending «communication transitive»: poss=agent | **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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