--- title: what did the captain do, lowkey scold him? — Andersen's Tales, Marie Grubbe, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: what did the captain do, lowkey scold him? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 949 «Andersen's Tales, Marie Grubbe, part 160: a sick, wandering Marie is lifted onto a ship» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/949-pg27200-part160/t11/) [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 Tales, Marie Grubbe, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/949-pg27200-part160/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Marie Grubbe, part 160: a sick, wanderin… what did the captain do, lowkey scold him? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** captain · **What happens:** do, lowkey, scold · **To what, where:** captain This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 949 «Andersen's Tales, Marie Grubbe, part 160: a sick, wandering Marie is lifted onto a ship» 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/949-pg27200-part160/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:949-pg27200-part160:t11:1 # text = what did the captain do, lowkey scold him? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 lowkey lowkey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 scold scold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | the captain | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **lowkey** | infinitive | the captain *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **scold** | infinitive | the captain *not said here* | captain | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} gave him a telling-off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:949-pg27200-part160:t11:o1:1 # text = gave him a telling-off 1 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 telling telling NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 off off NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | | a telling off | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient off=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} scolded him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:949-pg27200-part160:t11:o2:1 # text = scolded him 1 scolded scold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|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 | **scold** | past | | him *= he* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} gave him a stern look ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:949-pg27200-part160:t11:o3:1 # text = gave him a stern look 1 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 stern stern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | | a stern look | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient look=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} sent him to his cabin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:949-pg27200-part160:t11:o4:1 # text = sent him to his cabin 1 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 cabin cabin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | | him *= he* | | his cabin | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to cabin=Destination | **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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