--- title: what did the skipper forget to ask? — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mill… · tree and pragmatics description: what did the skipper forget to ask? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1446 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mill, part 33: a skipper buys the magic mill for salt» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1446-pg503-part33/t10/) [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/) / [Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mill…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1446-pg503-part33/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mill, part 33: a skipper… what did the skipper forget to ask? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** skipper · **What happens:** forget, not ask This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1446 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mill, part 33: a skipper buys the magic mill for salt» 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/1446-pg503-part33/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1446-pg503-part33:t10:1 # text = what did the skipper forget to ask? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 skipper skipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | past · do-support | the skipper | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | the skipper *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Where it was made ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1446-pg503-part33:t10:o1:1 # text = Where it was made 1 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 4 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · passive | | it | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} The price ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1446-pg503-part33:t10:o2:1 # text = The price 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} How to stop it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1446-pg503-part33:t10:o3:1 # text = How to stop it 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|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 | **stop** | to-infinitive | | it | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} How to start it up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1446-pg503-part33:t10:o4:1 # text = How to start it up 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 start start VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start up** | to-infinitive | | it | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | **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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