--- title: Did Rosald really try his best in the second fight? — pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: R… · tree and pragmatics description: Did Rosald really try his best in the second fight? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1220 «pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the giant, then fights the tourney in Geirald's clothes, and the queen grows suspicious» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1220-pg3282-part21/t8/) [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/) / [pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: R…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1220-pg3282-part21/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the gian… Did Rosald really try his best in the second fight? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rosald · **What happens:** try · **To what, where:** best This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1220 «pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the giant, then fights the tourney in Geirald's clothes, and the queen grows suspicious» 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/1220-pg3282-part21/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:t8:1 # text = Did Rosald really try his best in the second fight? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 Rosald Rosald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 10 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past · do-support | Rosald | Rosald's best | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | 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} Yeah, he fought his hardest but then went easy on purpose, cheeky ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:t8:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he fought his hardest but then went easy on purpose, cheeky 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hardest hard ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 obj _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 cheeky cheeky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | past | he | his hardest | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hard=Co-Agent | | 2 | **go** | past | he *not said here* | | | purpose | then | easy *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on purpose=Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Nah, he went easy on purpose ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:t8:o2:1 # text = Nah, he went easy on purpose 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | he | | | purpose | | easy *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on purpose=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, he fought hard, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:t8:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he fought hard, mate 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | past | he | | | | | mate *vocative*; hard *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he went easy on purpose so the other lad could win ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:t8:o4:1 # text = Nah, he went easy on purpose so the other lad could win 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 so so SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | he | | | purpose | | easy *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on purpose=Location | | 2 | **win** | could | the other lad | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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