--- title: So George called the people at the bonfire what, exactly? — The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, p… · tree and pragmatics description: So George called the people at the bonfire what, exactly? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 643 «The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Jane sneak out to see the Northern Lights and set off across the snowy fields toward the North Pole.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/643-pg23661-part11/t12/) [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/) / [The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/643-pg23661-part11/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Ja… So George called the people at the bonfire what, exactly? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** George · **What happens:** call · **To what, where:** people · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 643 «The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Jane sneak out to see the Northern Lights and set off across the snowy fields toward the North Pole.» 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/643-pg23661-part11/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t12:1 # text = So George called the people at the bonfire what, exactly? 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bonfire bonfire NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | George | the people | | | | at the bonfire; exactly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent people=Theme at bonfire=Stimulus | 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} Like the Indians from the books, he said ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t12:o1:1 # text = Like the Indians from the books, he said 1 Like like ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Indians from the books | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Like Indians, he said ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t12:o2:1 # text = Like Indians, he said 1 Like like ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | like Indians | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Like the Eskimos on the ice, he said, not the sort we see at home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t12:o3:1 # text = Like the Eskimos on the ice, he said, not the sort we see at home 1 Like like ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Eskimos Eskimo PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 14 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | the ice | | like the Eskimos | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | present | we | the sort | | home | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Like Romans, he said ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t12:o4:1 # text = Like Romans, he said 1 Like like ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Romans Roman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | like Romans | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | **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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