--- title: Mum: «Did you like the ending?» Leo: «Nah, it was mid.» Mum: «Why?»… — Reading a story: characters, plot and… · tree and pragmatics description: Mum: «Did you like the ending?» Leo: «Nah, it was mid.» Mum: «Why?» Leo: «Dunno.» What's missing from Leo's opinion? Test 9 · ★ 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 and of --- [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/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/) / [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Reading a story: characters, plot and setting Mum: «Did you like the ending?» Leo: «Nah, it was mid.» Mum: «Why?» Leo: «Dunno.» What's missing from Leo's opinion? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, ending, Leo · **What happens:** like, be, opine · **To what, where:** ending, opinion This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum: «Did you like the ending?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:t9:1 # text = Mum: «Did you like the ending?» 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 appos _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ending ending NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | the ending | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ending=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. *Sentence 2:* Leo: «Nah, it was mid.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:t9:2 # text = Leo: «Nah, it was mid.» 1 Leo Leo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 mid mid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | ending | | | | | mid *property* | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* Mum: «Why?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:t9:3 # text = Mum: «Why?» 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 4:* Leo: «Dunno.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:t9:4 # text = Leo: «Dunno.» 1 Leo Leo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Dunno Dunno PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 5:* What's missing from Leo's opinion? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:t9:5 # text = What's missing from Leo's opinion? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 Leo Leo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | Leo's opinion | | missing *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **opine** | | Leo | | | | | | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A better title ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:t9:o1:1 # text = A better title 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 title title NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} More slang ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:t9:o2:1 # text = More slang 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 slang slang NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A reason ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:t9:o3:1 # text = A reason 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A spelling ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:t9:o4:1 # text = A spelling 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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