--- title: did the crowds wave flags and flowers at him, fam? — The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beast… · tree and pragmatics description: did the crowds wave flags and flowers at him, fam? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 633 «The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is fetched from the nursery and made King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/633-pg23661-part1/t11/) [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/) / [The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beast…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/633-pg23661-part1/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is… did the crowds wave flags and flowers at him, fam? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** crowds · **What happens:** wave · **To what, where:** flags This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 633 «The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is fetched from the nursery and made King» 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/633-pg23661-part1/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:633-pg23661-part1:t11:1 # text = did the crowds wave flags and flowers at him, fam? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 crowds crowd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wave wave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 flags flag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 fam fam NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wave** | present | the crowds | flags and flowers | | | | at him *= he* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=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 {#o1} Nah, just some stones ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:633-pg23661-part1:t11:o1:1 # text = Nah, just some stones 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, flags ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:633-pg23661-part1:t11:o2:1 # text = Yeah, flags 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 flags flag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, loads of flags and scattered flowers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:633-pg23661-part1:t11:o3:1 # text = Yeah, loads of flags and scattered flowers 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 loads load NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 flags flag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 scattered scatter ADJ VBN _ 8 amod _ _ 8 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Nah, they threw stones and shouted rude things ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:633-pg23661-part1:t11:o4:1 # text = Nah, they threw stones and shouted rude things 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past | they | stones | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | they *not said here* | rude things | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | **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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