--- title: so Genghis Khan's hawk was the real hero, yeah? — Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide F… · tree and pragmatics description: so Genghis Khan's hawk was the real hero, yeah? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 355 «Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor Schacabac is treated to a pretend feast by a rich old man» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/355-pg18442-part15/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/) / [Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide F…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/355-pg18442-part15/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor… so Genghis Khan's hawk was the real hero, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hawk · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** real hero This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 355 «Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor Schacabac is treated to a pretend feast by a rich old man» 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/355-pg18442-part15/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t8:1 # text = so Genghis Khan's hawk was the real hero, yeah? 1 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 2 Genghis Genghis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ _ 3 Khan Khan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 5 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Genghis's hawk | the real hero | | | | | tree rules | 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, it was the snake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t8:o1:1 # text = Nah, it was the snake 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | the snake | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yeah, it found the spring and saved the king from certain death ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t8:o2:1 # text = Yeah, it found the spring and saved the king from certain death 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | it | | | | spring | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **save** | past | | the king | | certain death | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent king=Theme from death=Source | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, it saved his life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t8:o3:1 # text = Yeah, it saved his life 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | past | it | his life | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, the king was the real hero because he killed the snake himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t8:o4:1 # text = Nah, the king was the real hero because he killed the snake himself 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the king | the real hero | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **kill** | past | king | the snake | | | | king *obl* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=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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