--- title: Did the kids go out for the may, or did they just stay in the town? — The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon,… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the kids go out for the may, or did they just stay in the town? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 654 «The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon, part 22: a dragon scares the town and the Prince sets out to hunt it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/654-pg23661-part22/t3/) [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 Fiery Dragon,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/654-pg23661-part22/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon, part 22: a dragon s… Did the kids go out for the may, or did they just stay in the town? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids · **What happens:** go out, do, stay · **To what, where:** town This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 654 «The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon, part 22: a dragon scares the town and the Prince sets out to hunt it» 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/654-pg23661-part22/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:654-pg23661-part22:t3:1 # text = Did the kids go out for the may, or did they just stay in the town? 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 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 just just ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | present | the kids | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stay** | present | kids *= kid* | | | the town | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location | 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} They went to the river, very late ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:654-pg23661-part22:t3:o1:1 # text = They went to the river, very late 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | They | | | the river | | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to river=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They went out to the wood, proper early ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:654-pg23661-part22:t3:o2:1 # text = They went out to the wood, proper early 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 proper properly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | They | | | | | to the wood; early, out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} They ran to the fields, dead early ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:654-pg23661-part22:t3:o3:1 # text = They ran to the fields, dead early 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 8 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | They | | | | | to the fields *result*; early *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to field=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} They stayed in town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:654-pg23661-part22:t3:o4:1 # text = They stayed in town 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | They | | | town | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location | **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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