--- title: What is the refrain repeatedly uttered by the parrot Polly in this p… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes o… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the refrain repeatedly uttered by the parrot Polly in this passage? Exam question 2 of lesson 283 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 10: the clerk becomes a bird, escapes back home, and the galoshes whisk the young Divine off to Switzerland» of the books course of Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/283-pg1597-part10/e2/) [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's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/283-pg1597-part10/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 10:… What is the refrain repeatedly uttered by the parrot Polly in this passage? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** refrain · **What happens:** be, utter · **To what, where:** refrain This is exam question 2 of lesson 283 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 10: the clerk becomes a bird, escapes back home, and the galoshes whisk the young Divine off to Switzerland» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/283-pg1597-part10/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:283-pg1597-part10:e2:1 # text = What is the refrain repeatedly uttered by the parrot Polly in this passage? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 refrain refrain NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 repeatedly repeatedly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 uttered utter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 Polly Polly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the refrain | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle | | the refrain *not said here* | | | | by the parrot in this passage; repeatedly *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | 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} "Sing, let us be free!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:283-pg1597-part10:e2:o1:1 # text = "Sing, let us be free!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sing sing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | Sing | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | Sing *not said here* | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} "Come, let us go home!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:283-pg1597-part10:e2:o2:1 # text = "Come, let us go home!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} "Hush, Polly!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:283-pg1597-part10:e2:o3:1 # text = "Hush, Polly!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Hush hush INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Polly Polly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} "Come, let us be men!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:283-pg1597-part10:e2:o4:1 # text = "Come, let us be men!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | infinitive | men | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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