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title: how'd Niels get over that massive wall, like seriously? — Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Rasmus an… · tree and pragmatics
description: how'd Niels get over that massive wall, like seriously? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 709 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Rasmus and Niels, part 49: Niels shoots at three giants and is caught» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 10 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Rasmus and Niels, part 49: Ni…

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how'd Niels get over that massive wall, like seriously?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Niels · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** massive wall

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 709 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Rasmus and Niels, part 49: Niels shoots at three giants and is caught» 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/709-pg2435-part49/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:709-pg2435-part49:t10:1
# text = how'd Niels get over that massive wall, like seriously?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Niels	Niels	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
7	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | infinitive | Niels |  |  | that massive wall |  | seriously *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over wall=Destination |

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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}

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he used a long wooden ladder that the giants left at the castle gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:709-pg2435-part49:t10:o1:1
# text = he used a long wooden ladder that the giants left at the castle gate
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ladder	ladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | he | a long wooden ladder |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ladder=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | participle · passive |  | a long wooden ladder |  | the castle gate |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at gate=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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a giant tossed him up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:709-pg2435-part49:t10:o2:1
# text = a giant tossed him up
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tossed	toss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toss up** | past | a giant | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a rope pulled him up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:709-pg2435-part49:t10:o3:1
# text = a rope pulled him up
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull up** | past | a rope | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he climbed up a rope that a giant threw over the whole wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:709-pg2435-part49:t10:o4:1
# text = he climbed up a rope that a giant threw over the whole wall
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	nsubj	_	_
9	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | past | he | a rope |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location rope=Theme |
| 2 | **throw** | past | a giant | a rope |  | the whole wall |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent that=Theme over wall=Destination |

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