--- title: wait, why'd Big Klaus kill all four horses? was he being extra? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus a… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, why'd Big Klaus kill all four horses? was he being extra? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1729 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus and Big Klaus: Little Klaus sells the sexton and then his dead grandmother for money» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1729-pg640-part53/t3/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1729-pg640-part53/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus and Big Klaus: Little… wait, why'd Big Klaus kill all four horses? was he being extra? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Big · **What happens:** wait, kill, be · **To what, where:** four horses This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1729 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus and Big Klaus: Little Klaus sells the sexton and then his dead grandmother for money» 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/1729-pg640-part53/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:t3:1 # text = wait, why'd Big Klaus kill all four horses? was he being extra? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 Big Big PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 Klaus Klaus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 kill kill VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 all all ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 cop _ _ 15 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? 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 | **kill** | present | Big | four horses | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | Big | | | | | extra *property* | tree rules | 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} yeah, super extra, because he wanted all the skins in town today ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:t3:o1:1 # text = yeah, super extra, because he wanted all the skins in town today 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 super super ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | all skins | | town | today | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot skin=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yeah, super extra, for skins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:t3:o2:1 # text = yeah, super extra, for skins 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 super super ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, he wanted more skins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:t3:o3:1 # text = yeah, he wanted more skins 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | more skins | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot skin=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, super extra, for skins and for revenge too ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:t3:o4:1 # text = yeah, super extra, for skins and for revenge too 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 super super ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 11 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` 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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