--- title: Who was the goblin's best mate, the elf king or the water-god? Which… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill:… · tree and pragmatics description: Who was the goblin's best mate, the elf king or the water-god? Which one fed him mead? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 823 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill: the Norwegian goblin visits, and the seven daughters show their skills» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/823-pg27200-part34/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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/823-pg27200-part34/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill: the Norwegian goblin… Who was the goblin's best mate, the elf king or the water-god? Which one fed him mead? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one · **What happens:** be, feed · **To what, where:** best mate, mead, goblin This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 823 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill: the Norwegian goblin visits, and the seven daughters show their skills» 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/823-pg27200-part34/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Who was the goblin's best mate, the elf king or the water-god? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:t12:1 # text = Who was the goblin's best mate, the elf king or the water-god? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 goblin goblin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 elf elf NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the goblin's best mate | | | | | tree rules | 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:* Which one fed him mead? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:t12:2 # text = Which one fed him mead? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fed feed 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 mead mead NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | past | which one | mead | goblin | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient mead=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The water-god gave the mead ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:t12:o1:1 # text = The water-god gave the mead 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mead mead NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the water god | the mead | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mead=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The water-god, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:t12:o2:1 # text = The water-god, mate 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The elf king's hill had the mead ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:t12:o3:1 # text = The elf king's hill had the mead 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 elf elf NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 mead mead NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the elf king's hill | the mead | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mead=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The elf king drank all the mead ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:t12:o4:1 # text = The elf king drank all the mead 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 elf elf NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mead mead NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | past | the elf king | all mead | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mead=Patient | **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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