--- title: wait, how did the house get built so fast lol — Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, how did the house get built so fast lol Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1311 «Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes' gifts, a palace built in a moment, and the king's visit» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/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/) / [Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes… wait, how did the house get built so fast lol **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, build · **To what, where:** house This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1311 «Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes' gifts, a palace built in a moment, and the king's visit» 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/1311-pg3454-part36/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t3:1 # text = wait, how did the house get built so fast lol 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 get get AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 11 lol lol INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **build** | past · passive · do-support | | the house | | | | fast *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} the ring built it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t3:o1:1 # text = the ring built it 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | past | the ring | it | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material it=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} the snakes sent builders over during the night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t3:o2:1 # text = the snakes sent builders over during the night 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 builders builder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 over over ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 during during ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send over** | past | the snakes | builders | | | night | over *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent builder=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the ring just built it when she told it, like magic ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t3:o3:1 # text = the ring just built it when she told it, like magic 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | past | the ring | it | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material it=Product | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she | | ring | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} a crew of workmen came overnight and built it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t3:o4:1 # text = a crew of workmen came overnight and built it 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 workmen workman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 overnight overnight ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | a crew of workmen | | | | | overnight *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **build** | past | a crew of workmen *not said here* | crew | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | **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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