--- title: Wait, what did he claim to be, though? — pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what did he claim to be, though? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1618 «pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns the Tanuki, then a poor merchant's son flies off to the Turks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1618-pg5615-part7/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/) / [pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1618-pg5615-part7/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns th… Wait, what did he claim to be, though? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** wait, claim, be This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1618 «pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns the Tanuki, then a poor merchant's son flies off to the Turks» 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/1618-pg5615-part7/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:t8:1 # text = Wait, what did he claim to be, though? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 claim claim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 though though SCONJ IN _ 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **claim** *speech: other* | past · do-support | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A Turkish god ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:t8:o1:1 # text = A Turkish god 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Turkish Turkish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A Turkish god who came through the air on a magic carpet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:t8:o2:1 # text = A Turkish god who came through the air on a magic carpet 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Turkish Turkish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 through through ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | a Turkish god | | | the air | | on a magic carpet | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through air=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} A Greek sailor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:t8:o3:1 # text = A Greek sailor 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Greek Greek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} A Persian prince ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:t8:o4:1 # text = A Persian prince 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Persian persian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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