--- title: Did the judge believe him or what? — pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's ki… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the judge believe him or what? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1811 «pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress falls, and a son is promised away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1811-pg641-part62/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/) / [pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's ki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1811-pg641-part62/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress f… Did the judge believe him or what? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** judge · **What happens:** believe · **To what, where:** him This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1811 «pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress falls, and a son is promised away» 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/1811-pg641-part62/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1811-pg641-part62:t8:1 # text = Did the judge believe him or what? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past · do-support | the judge | him *= he* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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} Nah, he made him pay a fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1811-pg641-part62:t8:o1:1 # text = Nah, he made him pay a fine 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 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 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fine fine NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | he | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pay** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | a fine | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Asset | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Nah, he sent him to bed early ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1811-pg641-part62:t8:o2:1 # text = Nah, he sent him to bed early 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 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 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | he | him *= he* | | bed | | early *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to bed=Destination | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, he said Halfman had done well ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1811-pg641-part62:t8:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he said Halfman had done well 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Halfman Halfman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 8 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect | Halfman | | | | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, he kicked him out of the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1811-pg641-part62:t8:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he kicked him out of the house 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 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | past | he | him *= he* | | the house | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient out house=Location | **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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