--- title: did the moor lady say the wisp gets to be a human, or nah? — Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp… · tree and pragmatics description: did the moor lady say the wisp gets to be a human, or nah? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1026 «Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp in the Town, part 237: the Moor-woman shows the man her cupboard of poetry and tells him about the new Will-o'-the-Wisps born in the marsh» of the books course of Mova's prim --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1026-pg27200-part237/t12/) [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 Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1026-pg27200-part237/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp in the Town, part 2… did the moor lady say the wisp gets to be a human, or nah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** moor lady, wisp · **What happens:** say, get, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1026 «Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp in the Town, part 237: the Moor-woman shows the man her cupboard of poetry and tells him about the new Will-o'-the-Wisps born in the marsh» 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/1026-pg27200-part237/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:t12:1 # text = did the moor lady say the wisp gets to be a human, or nah? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 moor moor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wisp wisp NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the moor lady | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** | present | the wisp | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | the wisp *not said here* | | | | | human *property* | tree rules | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nah, only for a day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:t12:o1:1 # text = Nah, only for a day 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:t12:o2:1 # text = Yes 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, for one year ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:t12:o3:1 # text = Yeah, for one year 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, but only once ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:t12:o4:1 # text = Yeah, but only once 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 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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