--- title: ngl how'd he build it a house tho? — Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charn… · tree and pragmatics description: ngl how'd he build it a house tho? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 361 «Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charney's plant is saved, and Mignon dances» 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/361-pg18442-part21/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/) / [Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charn…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/361-pg18442-part21/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charney's plant is saved,… ngl how'd he build it a house tho? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl · **What happens:** build · **To what, where:** it This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 361 «Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charney's plant is saved, and Mignon dances» 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/361-pg18442-part21/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:t3:1 # text = ngl how'd he build it a house tho? 1 ngl ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 tho tho NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | would | ngl | it | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary tho=Product | 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} he had sticks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:t3:o1:1 # text = he had sticks 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | he | sticks | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} he stacked up some old boards ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:t3:o2:1 # text = he stacked up some old boards 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stacked stack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 boards board NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stack up** | past | he | some old boards | | | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent board=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} used firewood he was allowed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:t3:o3:1 # text = used firewood he was allowed 1 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 firewood firewood NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | participle | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **allow** | past · passive | used firewood *not said here* | he | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 {#o4} wood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:t3:o4:1 # text = wood 1 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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