--- title: the cock said the bird's voice was too soft, right? what did he want… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Portuguese… · tree and pragmatics description: the cock said the bird's voice was too soft, right? what did he want more of? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 942 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Portuguese Duck, part 1: a hurt songbird lands in a farmyard and is cared for by a duck» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/942-pg27200-part153/t6/) [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 Portuguese…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/942-pg27200-part153/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Portuguese Duck, part 1: a hur… the cock said the bird's voice was too soft, right? what did he want more of? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cock, voice · **What happens:** say, be, want · **To what, where:** more · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 942 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Portuguese Duck, part 1: a hurt songbird lands in a farmyard and is cared for by a duck» 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/942-pg27200-part153/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:942-pg27200-part153:t6:1 # text = the cock said the bird's voice was too soft, right? what did he want more of? 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 obj _ _ 15 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 18 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the cock | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the bird's voice | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **want** | past · do-support | cock | more | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme more=Attribute | 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} less noise ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:942-pg27200-part153:t6:o1:1 # text = less noise 1 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} needs more noise ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:942-pg27200-part153:t6:o2:1 # text = needs more noise 1 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | | more noise | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot noise=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} more sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:942-pg27200-part153:t6:o3:1 # text = more sleep 1 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a much louder, piercing crow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:942-pg27200-part153:t6:o4:1 # text = a much louder, piercing crow 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 much much ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 piercing pierce VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pierce** | gerund | | crow | | | | | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent crow=Instrument | **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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