--- title: Peak, what does "chink" mean in this bit? — Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: S… · tree and pragmatics description: Peak, what does "chink" mean in this bit? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 715 «Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: Sigurd beats three giantesses, then finds the horse Gullfaxi and the sword Gunnfjoder» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/715-pg2435-part55/t14/) [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/) / [Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: S…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/715-pg2435-part55/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: Sigurd beats three gi… Peak, what does "chink" mean in this bit? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Peak · **What happens:** chink, mean · **To what, where:** Peak · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 715 «Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: Sigurd beats three giantesses, then finds the horse Gullfaxi and the sword Gunnfjoder» 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/715-pg2435-part55/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:715-pg2435-part55:t14:1 # text = Peak, what does "chink" mean in this bit? 1 Peak peak NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 chink chink VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chink** *in a quote* | present · do-support | | Peak | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | present | Peak | | | | | in this bit | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in bit=Attribute | 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} A small wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:715-pg2435-part55:t14:o1:1 # text = A small wall 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A thin cloth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:715-pg2435-part55:t14:o2:1 # text = A thin cloth 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A wide opening in the cliff where the wind blows through ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:715-pg2435-part55:t14:o3:1 # text = A wide opening in the cliff where the wind blows through 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 blows blow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 through through ADP IN _ 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow through** | present | a wide opening in the cliff | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A narrow crack ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:715-pg2435-part55:t14:o4:1 # text = A narrow crack 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 crack crack 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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