--- title: Lol, which door did the prince say to knock on? — Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foo… · tree and pragmatics description: Lol, which door did the prince say to knock on? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1247 «Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: the cat wins back his ball, a prince is freed, and two wives test their husbands» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1247-pg3282-part48/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/) / [Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1247-pg3282-part48/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: t… Lol, which door did the prince say to knock on? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** door, prince · **What happens:** do, say, knock on · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1247 «Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: the cat wins back his ball, a prince is freed, and two wives test their husbands» 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/1247-pg3282-part48/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t6:1 # text = Lol, which door did the prince say to knock on? 1 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 4 det _ _ 4 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 knock knock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 on on ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which door | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **knock on** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | 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} The silver door ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t6:o1:1 # text = The silver door 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The stone wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t6:o2:1 # text = The stone wall 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The big iron door on the north side ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t6:o3:1 # text = The big iron door on the north side 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 north north ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The iron door ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t6:o4:1 # text = The iron door 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 iron iron ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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