--- title: Ingiborg gave him a ball of string, yeah? What was it for? — Fairy Book, The Horse Gullfaxi And The… · tree and pragmatics description: Ingiborg gave him a ball of string, yeah? What was it for? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 714 «Fairy Book, The Horse Gullfaxi And The Sword Gunnfoder, part 54: Sigurd hides three times and is cursed by a giantess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/714-pg2435-part54/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/) / [Fairy Book, The Horse Gullfaxi And The…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/714-pg2435-part54/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Horse Gullfaxi And The Sword Gunnfoder, pa… Ingiborg gave him a ball of string, yeah? What was it for? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ingiborg · **What happens:** give, be · **To what, where:** ball, him This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 714 «Fairy Book, The Horse Gullfaxi And The Sword Gunnfoder, part 54: Sigurd hides three times and is cursed by a giantess» 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/714-pg2435-part54/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ingiborg gave him a ball of string, yeah? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:714-pg2435-part54:t8:1 # text = Ingiborg gave him a ball of string, yeah? 1 Ingiborg Ingiborg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | Ingiborg | a ball of string | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient ball=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What was it for? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:714-pg2435-part54:t8:2 # text = What was it for? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 1 case _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | ball | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} to roll him to the cliffs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:714-pg2435-part54:t8:o1:1 # text = to roll him to the cliffs 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 roll roll VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | the cliffs | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme to cliff=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} to pull him to the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:714-pg2435-part54:t8:o2:1 # text = to pull him to the river 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 pull pull VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | the river | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to river=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} so that he could roll himself out to the cliffs safely ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:714-pg2435-part54:t8:o3:1 # text = so that he could roll himself out to the cliffs safely 1 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 5 mark _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 roll roll VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 11 safely safely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll out** | could | he | himself *= he* | | the cliffs | | safely *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent himself=Theme to cliff=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} to roll him down the high cliffs toward the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:714-pg2435-part54:t8:o4:1 # text = to roll him down the high cliffs toward the sea 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 roll roll VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 8 toward toward ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll down** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | the sea | | the high cliffs *obl* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme toward sea=Trajectory | **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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