--- title: Bro, why was Helga up all night staring at the sky? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: He… · tree and pragmatics description: Bro, why was Helga up all night staring at the sky? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 896 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: Helga is wed to an Arab prince at the storks' house» 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/896-pg27200-part107/t2/) [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 Storks: He…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/896-pg27200-part107/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: Helga is wed to an Ara… Bro, why was Helga up all night staring at the sky? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bro, night · **What happens:** be, stare · **To what, where:** Helga This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 896 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: Helga is wed to an Arab prince at the storks' house» 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/896-pg27200-part107/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:896-pg27200-part107:t2:1 # text = Bro, why was Helga up all night staring at the sky? 1 Bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 Helga Helga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 staring stare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 acl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Bro | Helga | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stare** | gerund | all night *not said here* | | | | | at the sky | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sky=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 {#o1} She was stoked about her new man ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:896-pg27200-part107:t2:o1:1 # text = She was stoked about her new man 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 stoked stoke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stoke** | past · passive | | She | | | | about her new man | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She was buzzing about her luck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:896-pg27200-part107:t2:o2:1 # text = She was buzzing about her luck 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 buzzing buzz VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buzz** | past · progressive | She | | | | | about her luck | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about luck=Location | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} She was so happy about her luck she forgot God, the Giver ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:896-pg27200-part107:t2:o3:1 # text = She was so happy about her luck she forgot God, the Giver 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Giver Giver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | She | | | | | about her luck; happy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **forget** | past | she | God and the Giver | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Watching for the nightingale's song ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:896-pg27200-part107:t2:o4:1 # text = Watching for the nightingale's song 1 Watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | gerund | | | | | | for the nightingale's song | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for song=Theme | | 2 | **sing** | | the nightingale | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=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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