--- title: Yo, what's the mermaid got in her hands? — Yellow Dwarf, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, what's the mermaid got in her hands? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1424 «Yellow Dwarf, The Yellow Dwarf, part 11: the Fairy carries the King away, and a mermaid offers to save him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1424-pg503-part11/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/) / [Yellow Dwarf, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1424-pg503-part11/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Yellow Dwarf, The Yellow Dwarf, part 11: the Fairy carries… Yo, what's the mermaid got in her hands? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mermaid · **What happens:** be, get · **To what, where:** hands This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1424 «Yellow Dwarf, The Yellow Dwarf, part 11: the Fairy carries the King away, and a mermaid offers to save 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/1424-pg503-part11/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1424-pg503-part11:t8:1 # text = Yo, what's the mermaid got in her hands? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | past | the mermaid | | | mermaid's hands | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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} a pearl and a harp ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1424-pg503-part11:t8:o1:1 # text = a pearl and a harp 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pearl pearl NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 harp harp NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a long string of pearls and a small blue bottle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1424-pg503-part11:t8:o2:1 # text = a long string of pearls and a small blue bottle 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a golden mirror and a silver comb with pearls ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1424-pg503-part11:t8:o3:1 # text = a golden mirror and a silver comb with pearls 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 comb comb NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} a mirror and a comb ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1424-pg503-part11:t8:o4:1 # text = a mirror and a comb 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 comb comb NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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