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title: Ngl, how did Maie even think she could fill the sea with rocks? — Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, how did Maie even think she could fill the sea with rocks? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1314 «Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39: Maie wants more and more, then throws stones at the sea-king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 5 · ★ · Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39: Maie wants more an…

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Ngl, how did Maie even think she could fill the sea with rocks?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Maie · **What happens:** think, fill · **To what, where:** sea · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1314 «Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39: Maie wants more and more, then throws stones at the sea-king» 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/1314-pg3454-part39/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:t5:1
# text = Ngl, how did Maie even think she could fill the sea with rocks?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	Maie	Maie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | Maie |  |  |  |  | Ngl *vocative* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **fill** | could | Maie | the sea |  |  |  | with rocks | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent sea=Patient with rock=Instrument |

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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}

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Honestly she had no plan, just vibes and rocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:t5:o1:1
# text = Honestly she had no plan, just vibes and rocks
1	Honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	vibes	vibe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	appos	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | she | no plan |  |  |  | honestly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pure luck, honestly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:t5:o2:1
# text = Pure luck, honestly
1	Pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pure delulu energy, she thought she was a queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:t5:o3:1
# text = Pure delulu energy, she thought she was a queen
1	Pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	delulu	delulu	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	compound	_	_
3	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Pure delulu energy |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | energy | a queen |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Pure delulu energy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:t5:o4:1
# text = Pure delulu energy
1	Pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	delulu	delulu	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	compound	_	_
3	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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