--- title: Did the guards actually catch the twins at the gate, or what? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the guards actually catch the twins at the gate, or what? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1803 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest son's frog spins his linen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1803-pg641-part54/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/) / [Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1803-pg641-part54/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest… Did the guards actually catch the twins at the gate, or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guards · **What happens:** do, catch · **To what, where:** twins, gate This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1803 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest son's frog spins his linen» 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/1803-pg641-part54/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t3:1 # text = Did the guards actually catch the twins at the gate, or what? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 actually actually ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 catch catch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 twins twin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 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 | **catch** | present | the guards | the twins | | the gate | | actually *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent twin=Theme at gate=Asset | 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, the guards caught them right away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t3:o1:1 # text = Yeah, the guards caught them right away 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 right right ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | the guards | them *= they* | | | | away *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, they got caught at the gate and dragged back in ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t3:o2:1 # text = Yeah, they got caught at the gate and dragged back in 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 back back ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 in in ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past · passive | | they | | the gate | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at gate=Asset | | 2 | **drag back** | past | | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nope, the guards chased them off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t3:o3:1 # text = Nope, the guards chased them off 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase off** | past | the guards | them *= they* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nope, they got past them like quicksilver ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t3:o4:1 # text = Nope, they got past them like quicksilver 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 past past ADP IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 quicksilver quicksilver NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get past** | past | they | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **like** | present | them *= they* | quicksilver | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot quicksilver=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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