--- title: ida's flowers all droopy, mate, what's the tea — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's F… · tree and pragmatics description: ida's flowers all droopy, mate, what's the tea Test 4 · ★ of lesson 873 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the golden wedding under the elder-tree, then Ida's withered flowers and the student's tale of the flower ball» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/873-pg27200-part84/t4/) [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, Little Ida's F…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/873-pg27200-part84/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the… ida's flowers all droopy, mate, what's the tea **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** flowers · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** tea This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 873 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the golden wedding under the elder-tree, then Ida's withered flowers and the student's tale of the flower ball» 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/873-pg27200-part84/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t4:1 # text = ida's flowers all droopy, mate, what's the tea 1 ida ida NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 5 droopy droopy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | ida's flowers all droopy mate and the tea | the tea | | | | | 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} they were at a ball all night and the student said the king's steward was watching them the whole time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t4:o1:1 # text = they were at a ball all night and the student said the king's steward was watching them the whole time 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 student student NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 steward steward NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | a ball | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | all night and the student | a ball *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **watch** | past · progressive | the king's steward | them *= they* | | | time | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} they got drunk on the elder wine last night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t4:o2:1 # text = they got drunk on the elder wine last night 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | past · passive | | they | | the elder wine | night | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} they were out in the garden all night long, the student said the frost got them and that's why ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t4:o3:1 # text = they were out in the garden all night long, the student said the frost got them and that's why 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 out out ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 student student NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | the garden | | long, out *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the student | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **get** | past | the frost | them *= they* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | present | that | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} they were at a ball all night, so the student said ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t4:o4:1 # text = they were at a ball all night, so the student said 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 student student NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | a ball | night | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the student | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's F…, test 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/873-pg27200-part84/t3/) - next →: [Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's F…, test 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/873-pg27200-part84/t5/) - ↑ back to [Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the golden wedding under the elder-tree, then Ida's withered flowers and the student's tale of the flower ball](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/873-pg27200-part84/)