--- title: Did the sharks grab the best swimmers, bro? — Danish Tales, Jurgen, part 176: Jurgen… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the sharks grab the best swimmers, bro? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 965 «Danish Tales, Jurgen, part 176: Jurgen returns home to a dead foster-mother, quarrels with Martin, and leaves for the north» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/965-pg27200-part176/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/) / [Danish Tales, Jurgen, part 176: Jurgen…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/965-pg27200-part176/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Danish Tales, Jurgen, part 176: Jurgen returns home to a d… Did the sharks grab the best swimmers, bro? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sharks · **What happens:** grab · **To what, where:** best swimmers This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 965 «Danish Tales, Jurgen, part 176: Jurgen returns home to a dead foster-mother, quarrels with Martin, and leaves for the north» 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/965-pg27200-part176/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:965-pg27200-part176:t12:1 # text = Did the sharks grab the best swimmers, bro? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sharks shark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grab grab VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 swimmers swimmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | present | the sharks | the best swimmers and bro | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swimmer=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} Nah, they just swam off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:965-pg27200-part176:t12:o1:1 # text = Nah, they just swam off 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim off** | past | they | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, they dragged them down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:965-pg27200-part176:t12:o2:1 # text = Yeah, they dragged them down 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drag down** | past | they | them *= they* | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, sure ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:965-pg27200-part176:t12:o3:1 # text = Yeah, sure 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, they bit the swimmers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:965-pg27200-part176:t12:o4:1 # text = Yeah, they bit the swimmers 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 swimmers swimmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | past | they | the swimmers | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swimmer=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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