--- title: Lol, what did the paper dolls do to the lawyer's thin legs? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's F… · tree and pragmatics description: Lol, what did the paper dolls do to the lawyer's thin legs? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 874 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 85: the flowers dance at night while Sophy the doll gives up her bed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/874-pg27200-part85/t5/) [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, Little Ida's F…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/874-pg27200-part85/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 85: the… Lol, what did the paper dolls do to the lawyer's thin legs? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** paper dolls · **What happens:** do This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 874 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 85: the flowers dance at night while Sophy the doll gives up her bed» 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/874-pg27200-part85/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:874-pg27200-part85:t5:1 # text = Lol, what did the paper dolls do to the lawyer's thin legs? 1 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 dolls doll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lawyer lawyer NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present | the paper dolls | | | | | to the lawyer's thin legs | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} tied them up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:874-pg27200-part85:t5:o1:1 # text = tied them up 1 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tie up** | past | | them *= they* | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} struck them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:874-pg27200-part85:t5:o2:1 # text = struck them 1 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | | them *= they* | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} hit him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:874-pg27200-part85:t5:o3:1 # text = hit him 1 hit hit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} kicked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:874-pg27200-part85:t5:o4:1 # text = kicked 1 kicked kick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | participle | | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=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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