--- title: Wait, who did she spill her secret to first, lol? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mer… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, who did she spill her secret to first, lol? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 878 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 89: the mermaid watches the prince's palace and dreams of a soul» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/878-pg27200-part89/t3/) [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 Little Mer…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/878-pg27200-part89/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 89: the m… Wait, who did she spill her secret to first, lol? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, spill · **To what, where:** secret This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 878 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 89: the mermaid watches the prince's palace and dreams of a soul» 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/878-pg27200-part89/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:878-pg27200-part89:t3:1 # text = Wait, who did she spill her secret to first, lol? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 spill spill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 12 lol lol INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **spill** | past · do-support | | her secret | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location secret=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} her gran ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:878-pg27200-part89:t3:o1:1 # text = her gran 1 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 gran gran NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} one of her sisters ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:878-pg27200-part89:t3:o2:1 # text = one of her sisters 1 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the sea witch who lives down below ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:878-pg27200-part89:t3:o3:1 # text = the sea witch who lives down below 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 below below ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live down** | present | the sea witch | | | | | below *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} the little fish, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:878-pg27200-part89:t3:o4:1 # text = the little fish, innit 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` 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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