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title: Yo, what's the old dude carving, like, for real? — Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the c… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what's the old dude carving, like, for real? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 848 «Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his wooden Holger and tells of the Danish arms, while Holger dreams on» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his w…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, what's the old dude carving, like, for real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old dude carving · **What happens:** be

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 848 «Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his wooden Holger and tells of the Danish arms, while Holger dreams on» 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/848-pg27200-part59/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:t1:1
# text = Yo, what's the old dude carving, like, for real?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	carving	carving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the old dude carving |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Holger Danske for a ship's front

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:t1:o1:1
# text = Holger Danske for a ship's front
1	Holger	Holger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Danske	Danske	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
some ancient Viking warrior carved for the prow of a big ship in the harbor

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:t1:o2:1
# text = some ancient Viking warrior carved for the prow of a big ship in the harbor
1	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Viking	viking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	prow	prow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	harbor	harbor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | participle |  | ancient Viking warrior *not said here* |  | the harbor |  | for the prow of a big ship | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in harbor=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Holger Danske, like the figure for the front of a ship, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:t1:o3:1
# text = Holger Danske, like the figure for the front of a ship, lol
1	Holger	Holger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Danske	Danske	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
14	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a ship's figurehead, nothing else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:t1:o4:1
# text = a ship's figurehead, nothing else
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	figurehead	figurehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	appos	_	_
7	else	else	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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