--- title: what was the painter doing while the nightingales sang? — Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113:… · tree and pragmatics description: what was the painter doing while the nightingales sang? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 902 «Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113: the Moon watches a grandmother at the Louvre, a boy's death on the throne, and the people by the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/902-pg27200-part113/t9/) [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 Moon, part 113:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/902-pg27200-part113/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113: the Moon watches a g… what was the painter doing while the nightingales sang? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** painter, nightingales · **What happens:** be, do, sing · **To what, where:** painter This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 902 «Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113: the Moon watches a grandmother at the Louvre, a boy's death on the throne, and the people by the sea» 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/902-pg27200-part113/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:t9:1 # text = what was the painter doing while the nightingales sang? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 painter painter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 while while SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 nightingales nightingale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the painter | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | the painter *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the nightingales | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Telling them to hold their tongues while he sketched the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:t9:o1:1 # text = Telling them to hold their tongues while he sketched the sea 1 Telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 csubj _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 sketched sketch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | them *= they* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **hold** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | their tongues | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme | | 3 | **sketch** | past | he | the sea | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Asking them to sing softly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:t9:o2:1 # text = Asking them to sing softly 1 Asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 softly softly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | them *= they* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | softly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Telling them to hold their tongues ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:t9:o3:1 # text = Telling them to hold their tongues 1 Telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | them *= they* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **hold** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | their tongues | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Chasing them from the tree ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:t9:o4:1 # text = Chasing them from the tree 1 Chasing chase VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | gerund | | them *= they* | | the tree | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from tree=Trajectory | **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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