--- title: Wait, how many sons did the old king have? — The Brown Fairy Book, What the Rose di… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, how many sons did the old king have? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1200 «The Brown Fairy Book, What the Rose did to the Cypress, part 1: a prince chases a deer, gets lost in the desert and meets a barefoot stranger who is a lost king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1200-pg3282-part1/t9/) [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/) / [The Brown Fairy Book, What the Rose di…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1200-pg3282-part1/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · The Brown Fairy Book, What the Rose did to the Cypress, pa… Wait, how many sons did the old king have? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, many sons · **What happens:** wait, do, have · **To what, where:** old king This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1200 «The Brown Fairy Book, What the Rose did to the Cypress, part 1: a prince chases a deer, gets lost in the desert and meets a barefoot stranger who is a lost king» 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/1200-pg3282-part1/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1200-pg3282-part1:t9:1 # text = Wait, how many sons did the old king have? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? 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 | **do** | past | many sons | the old king | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality | | 3 | **have** | infinitive | many sons *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} Two, I think ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1200-pg3282-part1:t9:o1:1 # text = Two, I think 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Six, all of them strong at riding and archery ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1200-pg3282-part1:t9:o2:1 # text = Six, all of them strong at riding and archery 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 archery archery NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Seven, I think ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1200-pg3282-part1:t9:o3:1 # text = Seven, I think 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Seven, all of them clever at princely stuff ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1200-pg3282-part1:t9:o4:1 # text = Seven, all of them clever at princely stuff 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 princely princely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` 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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