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title: so the dude wanted to be a poet by Easter, right? — Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230:… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the dude wanted to be a poet by Easter, right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1019 «Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks a wise woman for help, and a cruel prince wins riches by destroying other lands» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 1 · ★ · Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so the dude wanted to be a poet by Easter, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dude · **What happens:** want, be · **To what, where:** poet

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1019 «Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks a wise woman for help, and a cruel prince wins riches by destroying other lands» 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/1019-pg27200-part230/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t1:1
# text = so the dude wanted to be a poet by Easter, right?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the dude |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the dude *not said here* | a poet |  |  |  | by Easter | 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 {#o1}

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yeah, by Easter, but he hated poems

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t1:o1:1
# text = yeah, by Easter, but he hated poems
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hated	hate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | past | Easter | poems |  |  |  | by Easter | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer poem=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, by Easter, and to live off his poems

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t1:o2:1
# text = yeah, by Easter, and to live off his poems
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live off** | to-infinitive |  | Easter's poems |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme poem=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, by Easter, and also to be famous across the whole kingdom and beyond for centuries

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t1:o3:1
# text = yeah, by Easter, and also to be famous across the whole kingdom and beyond for centuries
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	also	also	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
11	across	across	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	beyond	beyond	ADV	RB	_	10	conj	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	centuries	century	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the whole kingdom | century | famous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, by Easter, and to live off his poems and sell them to the rich lords of the town

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t1:o4:1
# text = yeah, by Easter, and to live off his poems and sell them to the rich lords of the town
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	live	live	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	sell	sell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	lords	lord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live off** | to-infinitive |  | Easter's poems |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme poem=Location |
| 2 | **sell** | present |  | poems *= poem* | the rich lords of the town |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to lord=Recipient |

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