--- title: Was Big Klaus really trying to flog his granny to the chemist, mate? — Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus,… · tree and pragmatics description: Was Big Klaus really trying to flog his granny to the chemist, mate? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1730 «Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus tries to drown Little Klaus and drowns the old driver by mistake, then a prince finds a gold ring in a barrel» of the books course of Mova's primar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1730-pg640-part54/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/) / [Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1730-pg640-part54/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus t… Was Big Klaus really trying to flog his granny to the chemist, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Big · **What happens:** be, try, flog · **To what, where:** Big, granny This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1730 «Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus tries to drown Little Klaus and drowns the old driver by mistake, then a prince finds a gold ring in a barrel» 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/1730-pg640-part54/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t1:1 # text = Was Big Klaus really trying to flog his granny to the chemist, mate? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 2 Big Big PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 Klaus Klaus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 flog flog VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 granny granny NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 chemist chemist NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Big | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **try** | gerund | Big | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **flog** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Big *not said here* | Big's granny | | | | to the chemist and mate *result* | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent granny=Patient to chemist=Result | 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} No, he only moved her away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t1:o1:1 # text = No, he only moved her away 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move away** | past | he | her *= she* | | | | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yes, he took her body to sell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t1:o2:1 # text = Yes, he took her body to sell 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | he | her body | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme | | 2 | **sell** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, he didn't ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t1:o3:1 # text = No, he didn't 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 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 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, he sold her old clothes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t1:o4:1 # text = Yes, he sold her old clothes 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | past | he | her old clothes | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | **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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