--- title: So the lad just ghosted two princesses who were literally begging hi… — Popular Tales from the Norse, East of… · tree and pragmatics description: So the lad just ghosted two princesses who were literally begging him for help, right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1545 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 42: the youth frees the princesses, wins a queen, and sets out to find Whiteland» of the books course of Mova's p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1545-pg540-part42/t1/) [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, East of…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1545-pg540-part42/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of… So the lad just ghosted two princesses who were literally begging him for help, right? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lad, two princesses · **What happens:** ghost, beg · **To what, where:** two princesses, lad This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1545 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 42: the youth frees the princesses, wins a queen, and sets out to find Whiteland» 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/1545-pg540-part42/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t1:1 # text = So the lad just ghosted two princesses who were literally begging him for help, right? 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 ghosted ghost VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 literally literally ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 begging beg VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 acl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 right right INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ghost** | past | the lad | two princesses | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location princess=Theme | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past · progressive | two princesses | | lad | | | for help; literally *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient for help=Topic | 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 {#o1} Nah, he was nice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t1:o1:1 # text = Nah, he was nice 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | nice *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, but he had his reasons ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t1:o2:1 # text = Yeah, but he had his reasons 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | he | his reasons | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, he was lowkey savage about it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t1:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he was lowkey savage about it 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 lowkey lowkey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 savage savage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | he | lowkey savage | | | | about savage | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Nah, he helped them out fr ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t1:o4:1 # text = Nah, he helped them out fr 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help out** | past | he | them *= they* | | | | | 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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