--- title: Were the ravens hungry, or what? — Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular… · tree and pragmatics description: Were the ravens hungry, or what? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 802 «Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the singer wakes the king's spirit, the Bird of Song flies out, and we arrive at Borglum» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/802-pg27200-part13/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/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/802-pg27200-part13/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the s… Were the ravens hungry, or what? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ravens · **What happens:** be This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 802 «Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the singer wakes the king's spirit, the Bird of Song flies out, and we arrive at Borglum» 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/802-pg27200-part13/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t6:1 # text = Were the ravens hungry, or what? 1 Were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ravens raven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the ravens | | | | | hungry *property* | 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 {#o1} Dunno, they just sat there, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t6:o1:1 # text = Dunno, they just sat there, mate 1 Dunno dunno INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | they | | | there | | mate *vocative* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, they cawed for scraps, bro, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t6:o2:1 # text = Nah, they cawed for scraps, bro, lol 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 cawed caw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 scraps scrap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **caw** | past | they | | | | | for scraps and bro | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Grub, grub, they cried, straight up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t6:o3:1 # text = Grub, grub, they cried, straight up 1 Grub grub NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 grub grub NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 straight straight ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 up up ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Grub | Grub and grub | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yeah, super hungry, they kept screaming for food over the frozen buried town all day long ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t6:o4:1 # text = Yeah, super hungry, they kept screaming for food over the frozen buried town all day long 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 super super ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 screaming scream VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 over over ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 14 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 15 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 18 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | they | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | they *not said here* | | | the frozen buried town | day | for food | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over town=Location | | 3 | **freeze** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **bury** | participle | | | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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