--- title: Mate, did Cinderlad really chop the heads off seven foals? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderla… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, did Cinderlad really chop the heads off seven foals? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1582 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads and the wedding» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1582-pg540-part79/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, Cinderla…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1582-pg540-part79/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads a… Mate, did Cinderlad really chop the heads off seven foals? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, Cinderlad · **What happens:** do, chop · **To what, where:** heads This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1582 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads and the wedding» 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/1582-pg540-part79/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:t1:1 # text = Mate, did Cinderlad really chop the heads off seven foals? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Cinderlad Cinderlad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 chop chop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 off off ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 foals foal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Mate | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **chop** | present | Cinderlad | the heads | | | | off seven foals | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | 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} Nah, he did it the day after ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:t1:o1:1 # text = Nah, he did it the day after 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 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, on his wedding day, and the whole court was there watching him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:t1:o2:1 # text = Yeah, on his wedding day, and the whole court was there watching him 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 14 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past · progressive | the whole court | him *= he* | | there | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, on the wedding day, sure ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:t1:o3:1 # text = Yeah, on the wedding day, sure 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl:relcl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, on his wedding day, proper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:t1:o4:1 # text = Yeah, on his wedding day, proper 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ ``` 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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