--- title: was the girl the boss of the whole thing? — Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Fo… · tree and pragmatics description: was the girl the boss of the whole thing? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1232 «Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Folk, part 33: a youth is left alone on an island and a strange girl marries him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1232-pg3282-part33/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/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Fo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1232-pg3282-part33/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Folk, part 33: a youth… was the girl the boss of the whole thing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** girl This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1232 «Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Folk, part 33: a youth is left alone on an island and a strange girl marries him» 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/1232-pg3282-part33/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1232-pg3282-part33:t8:1 # text = was the girl the boss of the whole thing? 1 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the girl | | | | | 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} no, her father ran everything here ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1232-pg3282-part33:t8:o1:1 # text = no, her father ran everything here 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 5 obj _ _ 7 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | her father | everything | | here | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme everything=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, she knew a lot more about the island and the house than he did, so she gave the orders ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1232-pg3282-part33:t8:o2:1 # text = yeah, she knew a lot more about the island and the house than he did, so she gave the orders 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 obj _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 14 than than SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | she | a lot | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **give** | past | she | the orders | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, she just followed her dad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1232-pg3282-part33:t8:o3:1 # text = yeah, she just followed her dad 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | past | she | her dad | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yeah she knew loads more than him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1232-pg3282-part33:t8:o4:1 # text = yeah she knew loads more than him 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 loads load NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 obj _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | she | loads | | | | | tree rules | **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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