--- title: Wait, what was the wasp called, mate? — Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror,… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what was the wasp called, mate? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1137-pg3027-part3/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/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1137-pg3027-part3/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa… Wait, what was the wasp called, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, call · **To what, where:** wasp · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» 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/1137-pg3027-part3/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t3:1 # text = Wait, what was the wasp called, mate? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wasp wasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **call** | past · passive | | the wasp | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme what=Result | 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} Insato, the big snake king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t3:o1:1 # text = Insato, the big snake king 1 Insato Insato PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Makoma, the strong lad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t3:o2:1 # text = Makoma, the strong lad 1 Makoma Makoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} some tiny bloke called Makoma, bruv, who was dead strong ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t3:o3:1 # text = some tiny bloke called Makoma, bruv, who was dead strong 1 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 2 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bloke bloke NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 Makoma Makoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | participle | | some tiny bloke and bruv *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | some tiny bloke and bruv | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Zengi-mizi, the proper clever one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t3:o4:1 # text = Zengi-mizi, the proper clever one 1 Zengi Zengi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 mizi mizi NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` 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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