--- title: wait, which emperor gave up the mermaid, the horse one or the bird o… — Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermai… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, which emperor gave up the mermaid, the horse one or the bird one? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1935 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catches the mermaid, but his jealous brothers kill him and the wolf brings him back to life» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1935-pg7277-part72/t5/) [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 Golden Mermai…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1935-pg7277-part72/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catche… wait, which emperor gave up the mermaid, the horse one or the bird one? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, emperor · **What happens:** wait, give up · **To what, where:** mermaid This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1935 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catches the mermaid, but his jealous brothers kill him and the wolf brings him back to life» 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/1935-pg7277-part72/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1935-pg7277-part72:t5:1 # text = wait, which emperor gave up the mermaid, the horse one or the bird one? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 4 det _ _ 4 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 flat _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **give up** | past | which emperor | the mermaid and the horse | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mermaid=Source | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} the horse one, the first one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1935-pg7277-part72:t5:o1:1 # text = the horse one, the first one 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} the bird one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1935-pg7277-part72:t5:o2:1 # text = the bird one 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the first one, the bird guy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1935-pg7277-part72:t5:o3:1 # text = the first one, the bird guy 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} both of them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1935-pg7277-part72:t5:o4:1 # text = both of them 1 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 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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