--- title: bro the boys made him a boat out of a newspaper, mad — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast… · tree and pragmatics description: bro the boys made him a boat out of a newspaper, mad Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1001 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The Tinderbox, part 212: the tin soldier melts in the stove, and a soldier meets a witch by a hollow tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1001-pg27200-part212/t2/) [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 Steadfast…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1001-pg27200-part212/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The… bro the boys made him a boat out of a newspaper, mad **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro boys · **What happens:** make · **To what, where:** boat, him, newspaper This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1001 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The Tinderbox, part 212: the tin soldier melts in the stove, and a soldier meets a witch by a hollow tree» 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/1001-pg27200-part212/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:t2:1 # text = bro the boys made him a boat out of a newspaper, mad 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 newspaper newspaper NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the bro boys | a boat | him *= he* | a newspaper | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary boat=Product | 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} yeah, so mad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:t2:o1:1 # text = yeah, so mad 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} mad, and they launched him off with a cheer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:t2:o2:1 # text = mad, and they launched him off with a cheer 1 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 launched launch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cheer cheer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **launch off** | past | they | him *= he* | | | | with a cheer | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with cheer=Instrument | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} yeah, they chucked him in the drain and ran off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:t2:o3:1 # text = yeah, they chucked him in the drain and ran off 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 chucked chuck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 drain drain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuck** | past | they | him *= he* | | the drain | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in drain=Destination | | 2 | **run off** | past | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} sick, and they sent him down the gutter while clapping ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:t2:o4:1 # text = sick, and they sent him down the gutter while clapping 1 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 reparandum _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 gutter gutter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 clapping clap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send down** | past | they | the gutter | him *= he* | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination gutter=Theme | | 2 | **clap** | gerund | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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