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title: So the eagle came late and still knew nothing about Whiteland? Epic… — Popular Tales from the Norse, East of… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the eagle came late and still knew nothing about Whiteland? Epic fail. Test 11 · ★ 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 schoo
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# Test 11 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…

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So the eagle came late and still knew nothing about Whiteland? Epic fail.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** eagle · **What happens:** come, know · **To what, where:** nothing

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* So the eagle came late and still knew nothing about Whiteland?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t11:1
# text = So the eagle came late and still knew nothing about Whiteland?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	obj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Whiteland	Whiteland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the eagle |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | past | the eagle *not said here* | nothing |  |  | still | about Whiteland | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Epic fail.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t11:2
# text = Epic fail.
1	Epic	epic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fail	fail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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yep, ten years and some cake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t11:o1:1
# text = yep, ten years and some cake
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yep, ten whole years and zero clues about Whiteland anywhere in the north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t11:o2:1
# text = yep, ten whole years and zero clues about Whiteland anywhere in the north
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	clues	clue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	Whiteland	Whiteland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, they flew to the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t11:o3:1
# text = nope, they flew to the sea
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | they |  |  |  |  | to the sea *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to sea=Result |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, ten whole years and zero clues

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t11:o4:1
# text = yep, ten whole years and zero clues
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	clues	clue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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

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