--- title: Why did the queen's horses go mental? — Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fair… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the queen's horses go mental? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1178 «Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the sisters free their husbands, and the queen's chariot crashes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1178-pg3027-part44/t6/) [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/) / [Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fair…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1178-pg3027-part44/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the siste… Why did the queen's horses go mental? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** horses · **What happens:** go This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1178 «Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the sisters free their husbands, and the queen's chariot crashes» 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/1178-pg3027-part44/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t6:1 # text = Why did the queen's horses go mental? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 mental mental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · do-support | the queen's horses | | | | | mental *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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} A dog barked at them loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t6:o1:1 # text = A dog barked at them loudly 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 barked bark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** | participle | | a dog *not said here* | | | | at them *= they*; loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at they=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} A wild boar ran out of the bushes and they got scared and galloped off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t6:o2:1 # text = A wild boar ran out of the bushes and they got scared and galloped off 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 boar boar NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 galloped gallop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 15 off off ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | a wild boar | | | the bushes | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out bush=Trajectory | | 2 | **get** | past | bushes *= bush* | | | | | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **gallop off** | participle | a wild boar *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The wind blew really hard that day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t6:o3:1 # text = The wind blew really hard that day 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | past | the wind | | | | day | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She whipped them, so they bolted ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t6:o4:1 # text = She whipped them, so they bolted 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 whipped whip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 bolted bolt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whip** | past | She | them *= they* | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent they=Material | | 2 | **bolt** | past | they | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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