--- title: What did Little Klaus claim the sea-maiden gave him, bro? — Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus,… · tree and pragmatics description: What did Little Klaus claim the sea-maiden gave him, bro? Test 8 · ★ 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, w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1730-pg640-part54/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/) / [Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1730-pg640-part54/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus t… What did Little Klaus claim the sea-maiden gave him, bro? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Little, sea maiden · **What happens:** do, claim, give · **To what, where:** bro, him · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t8:1 # text = What did Little Klaus claim the sea-maiden gave him, bro? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Little Little ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Klaus Klaus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 claim claim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 nsubj _ _ 10 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | Little | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **give** | past | the sea maiden | bro | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bro=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Silver coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t8:o1:1 # text = Silver coins 1 Silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A whole herd of sea-cattle and a golden bell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t8:o2:1 # text = A whole herd of sea-cattle and a golden bell 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 cattle cattle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Sea-cattle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t8:o3:1 # text = Sea-cattle 1 Sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 cattle cattle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Sea-cattle from the bottom of the ocean ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t8:o4:1 # text = Sea-cattle from the bottom of the ocean 1 Sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 cattle cattle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` 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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