--- title: A nature programme talks about «the flora and fauna of the river ban… — Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths… · tree and pragmatics description: A nature programme talks about «the flora and fauna of the river bank». What is it about? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old words inside «The Wind in the Willows»» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows/t8/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★★ · Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old words inside… A nature programme talks about «the flora and fauna of the river bank». What is it about? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nature programme · **What happens:** talk, be · **To what, where:** programme This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old words inside «The Wind in the Willows»» of the language 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/language/43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A nature programme talks about «the flora and fauna of the river bank». ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t8:1 # text = A nature programme talks about «the flora and fauna of the river bank». 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 programme programme NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 talks talk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 flora flora NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 fauna fauna NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | present | a nature programme | | | | | about the flora and fauna of the river bank | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about flora=Topic | 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:* What is it about? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t8:2 # text = What is it about? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | programme | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The plants and animals of the river bank ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t8:o1:1 # text = The plants and animals of the river bank 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Two famous Roman sisters who lived there ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t8:o2:1 # text = Two famous Roman sisters who lived there 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 2 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 Roman roman ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | Two famous Roman sisters | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The weather and seasons of the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t8:o3:1 # text = The weather and seasons of the river 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 seasons season NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The boats and bridges of the river bank ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t8:o4:1 # text = The boats and bridges of the river bank 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boats boat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 bridges bridge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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