--- title: What did the lady in the tavern say, like, in what language? — Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Eve… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the lady in the tavern say, like, in what language? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 837 «Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48: a lost counsellor wanders strange old streets and thinks he is ill» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/837-pg27200-part48/t7/) [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 Counsellor's Eve…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/837-pg27200-part48/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48:… What did the lady in the tavern say, like, in what language? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, say · **To what, where:** lady, tavern · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 837 «Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48: a lost counsellor wanders strange old streets and thinks he is ill» 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/837-pg27200-part48/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t7:1 # text = What did the lady in the tavern say, like, in what language? 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 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tavern tavern NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 14 case _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 14 det _ _ 14 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the lady | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | the tavern | | like what language | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in tavern=Manner | 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} German, so he switched to German ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t7:o1:1 # text = German, so he switched to German 1 German German ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 switched switch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 German German PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **switch** | past | he | | German | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to german=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} Dutch, so he replied in Dutch. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t7:o2:1 # text = Dutch, so he replied in Dutch. 1 Dutch dutch ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Dutch Dutch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | Dutch | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} German. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t7:o3:1 # text = German. 1 German German ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Danish, sure. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t7:o4:1 # text = Danish, sure. 1 Danish danish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Eve…, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/837-pg27200-part48/t6/) - next →: [Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Eve…, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/837-pg27200-part48/t8/) - ↑ back to [Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48: a lost counsellor wanders strange old streets and thinks he is ill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/837-pg27200-part48/)