--- title: What did the secretaries do all night, like, while they were on the… — Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the secretaries do all night, like, while they were on the job? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 655 «Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats the hunt, then bursts out of a sealed bottle» 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/655-pg23661-part23/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 Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/655-pg23661-part23/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats… What did the secretaries do all night, like, while they were on the job? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** secretaries · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** job This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 655 «Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats the hunt, then bursts out of a sealed bottle» 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/655-pg23661-part23/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t6:1 # text = What did the secretaries do all night, like, while they were on the job? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 secretaries secretary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 9 like like SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 while while SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present | the secretaries | | | | night | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | secretaries *= secretary* | | | the job | | | tree rules | 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} They drank wine and played cards together ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t6:o1:1 # text = They drank wine and played cards together 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 cards card NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 together together ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | past | They | wine | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient | | 2 | **play** | past | They *not said here* | cards | | | | together *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They played hide-and-seek and marbles ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t6:o2:1 # text = They played hide-and-seek and marbles 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 seek seek NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 marbles marble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | past | They | hide and seek and marbles | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hide=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They gambled ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t6:o3:1 # text = They gambled 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gambled gamble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gamble** | past | They | | | | | | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They played cards and dice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t6:o4:1 # text = They played cards and dice 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 cards card NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 dice dice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | past | They | cards and dice | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=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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