--- title: wait, was she looking for mary the whole time? — Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28:… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, was she looking for mary the whole time? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 817 «Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28: the Dryad follows strangers down into the Paris sewers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/817-pg27200-part28/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/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/817-pg27200-part28/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28: the Dryad follows st… wait, was she looking for mary the whole time? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, she · **What happens:** wait, look This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 817 «Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28: the Dryad follows strangers down into the Paris sewers» 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/817-pg27200-part28/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:817-pg27200-part28:t3:1 # text = wait, was she looking for mary the whole time? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 mary mary NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **look** | past · progressive | she | | | | time | for mary | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for mary=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} yeah, mary with the red flowers in her hair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:817-pg27200-part28:t3:o1:1 # text = yeah, mary with the red flowers in her hair 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 mary mary NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} no, she was looking for the strangers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:817-pg27200-part28:t3:o2:1 # text = no, she was looking for the strangers 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past · progressive | she | | | | | for the strangers | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for stranger=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} yeah, she was looking for a friend ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:817-pg27200-part28:t3:o3:1 # text = yeah, she was looking for a friend 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past · progressive | she | | | | | for a friend | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for friend=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} no, she gave up searching for mary ages ago and went to the church instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:817-pg27200-part28:t3:o4:1 # text = no, she gave up searching for mary ages ago and went to the church instead 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 searching search VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 mary mary NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 ago ago ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 instead instead ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give up** | past | she | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **search** | gerund | she *not said here* | | | | for mary ages | ago *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for age=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | she *not said here* | | | the church | | instead *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial\_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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