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title: Bruh, what did the King of the Ants say he would do? — Danish Fairy Tales, Jesper and the Pea… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, what did the King of the Ants say he would do? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1785 «Danish Fairy Tales, Jesper and the Pearls, part 36: Jesper helps the ants and is set to sort the grain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 13 · ★ · Danish Fairy Tales, Jesper and the Pearls, part 36: Jesper…

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Bruh, what did the King of the Ants say he would do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** do, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1785 «Danish Fairy Tales, Jesper and the Pearls, part 36: Jesper helps the ants and is set to sort the grain» 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/1785-pg641-part36/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1785-pg641-part36:t13:1
# text = Bruh, what did the King of the Ants say he would do?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Ants	Ant	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the King of the Ants |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** | would | King |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Help Jesper whenever he calls, even if it is the middle of the night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1785-pg641-part36:t13:o1:1
# text = Help Jesper whenever he calls, even if it is the middle of the night
1	Help	help	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Jesper	Jesper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Jesper |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jesper=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **call** | present | Jesper |  |  |  |  | whenever *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it | the middle |  |  | night |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Aid Jesper when he needs it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1785-pg641-part36:t13:o2:1
# text = Aid Jesper when he needs it
1	Aid	Aid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Jesper	Jesper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Aid | it |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Help Jesper whenever he calls, and also march the army into the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1785-pg641-part36:t13:o3:1
# text = Help Jesper whenever he calls, and also march the army into the palace
1	Help	help	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Jesper	Jesper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	also	also	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	march	march	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Jesper |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jesper=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **call** | present | Jesper |  |  |  |  | whenever *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **march** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the army |  | the palace |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent army=Theme into palace=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Help Jesper whenever he calls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1785-pg641-part36:t13:o4:1
# text = Help Jesper whenever he calls
1	Help	help	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Jesper	Jesper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Jesper |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jesper=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **call** | present | Jesper |  |  |  |  | whenever *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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