--- title: and the three young-lady beetles did what? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Beetle Who… · tree and pragmatics description: and the three young-lady beetles did what? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 798 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Beetle Who Went on His Travels: a vain beetle wants golden shoes and finds only mud» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/798-pg27200-part9/t14/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Beetle Who…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/798-pg27200-part9/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Beetle Who Went on His Travels… and the three young-lady beetles did what? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** three lady beetles · **What happens:** do This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 798 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Beetle Who Went on His Travels: a vain beetle wants golden shoes and finds only mud» 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/798-pg27200-part9/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:798-pg27200-part9:t14:1 # text = and the three young-lady beetles did what? 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 4 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 beetles beetle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the three lady beetles | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 {#o1} Sang a song about the stable ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:798-pg27200-part9:t14:o1:1 # text = Sang a song about the stable 1 Sang sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | | a song | | | | about the stable | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Tittered, not knowing what to say ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:798-pg27200-part9:t14:o2:1 # text = Tittered, not knowing what to say 1 Tittered titter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **titter** | participle | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **know** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Argued about who was prettiest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:798-pg27200-part9:t14:o3:1 # text = Argued about who was prettiest 1 Argued argue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 prettiest pretty ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | participle | | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | pretty *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Giggled at him so much they fell over into the mud and could not stop ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:798-pg27200-part9:t14:o4:1 # text = Giggled at him so much they fell over into the mud and could not stop 1 Giggled giggle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 over over ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **giggle** | participle | | | | | | at him *= he* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fall over** | past | they | | | | | into the mud *result*; over *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into mud=Result | | 3 | **not** **stop** | could | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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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