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Test 3 · ★ of lesson 22 «Reading a story: characters, plot and setting» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting/t3/) [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/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Reading a story: characters, plot and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Reading a story: characters, plot and setting ★★ A girl in a story says she «didn't even want» the part in the play, after she didn't get it. Which story is like this? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ · **What happens:** ★, say, not want, not get, be · **To what, where:** girl, story, part, play · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 22 «Reading a story: characters, plot and setting» of the English 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/english/22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★ A girl in a story says she «didn't even want» the part in the play, after she didn't get it. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:t3:1 # text = ★★ A girl in a story says she «didn't even want» the part in the play, after she didn't get it. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 8 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 10 « « PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 13 even even ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 after after SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 25 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **★** | present | ★ | a girl | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | a story | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **want** *in a quote* | past · do-support | ★ | the part | | the play | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **get** | past · do-support | ★ | part | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which story is like this? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:t3:2 # text = Which story is like this? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | like this | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The race where Tim helped his friend ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:t3:o1:1 # text = The race where Tim helped his friend 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 5 advmod _ _ 4 Tim Tim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | past | the race | | Tim's friend | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} The kitten behind the bins ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:t3:o2:1 # text = The kitten behind the bins 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 kitten kitten NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 behind behind ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bins bin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Hansel and Gretel and the breadcrumbs ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:t3:o3:1 # text = Hansel and Gretel and the breadcrumbs 1 Hansel hansel VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 Gretel Gretel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 breadcrumbs breadcrumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hansel** | imperative | you *not said here* | Gretel and the breadcrumbs | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The fox and the sour grapes ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:t3:o4:1 # text = The fox and the sour grapes 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 sour sour ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 grapes grape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` 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. 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