--- title: lowkey, what was the only thing Polly could say? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes o… · tree and pragmatics description: lowkey, what was the only thing Polly could say? Test 3 · ★ 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, with the depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/283-pg1597-part10/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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/283-pg1597-part10/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 10:… lowkey, what was the only thing Polly could say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lowkey · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** only thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ 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. 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:283-pg1597-part10:t3:1 # text = lowkey, what was the only thing Polly could say? 1 lowkey lowkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 8 Polly Polly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | lowkey | the only thing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | could | lowkey | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that 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} Come, let us be men, and sing a song! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:283-pg1597-part10:t3:o1:1 # text = Come, let us be men, and sing a song! 1 Come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 sing sing VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | infinitive | men | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | you *not said here* | a song | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Come, sing a song! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:283-pg1597-part10:t3:o2:1 # text = Come, sing a song! 1 Come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 sing sing VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | you *not said here* | a song | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Come, let us be men! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:283-pg1597-part10:t3:o3:1 # text = Come, let us be men! 1 Come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | infinitive | men | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Come, let us all be men, and bold! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:283-pg1597-part10:t3:o4:1 # text = Come, let us all be men, and bold! 1 Come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 bold bold NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* | bold | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | us | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | infinitive | | all men | | | | | tree rules | **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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