--- title: was the king a bit scared when the sword made that noise? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light… · tree and pragmatics description: was the king a bit scared when the sword made that noise? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1289 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king loses the last game and rides off to steal the sword» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1289-pg3454-part14/t5/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1289-pg3454-part14/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king… was the king a bit scared when the sword made that noise? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sword · **What happens:** be, make · **To what, where:** king, noise This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1289 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king loses the last game and rides off to steal the sword» 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/1289-pg3454-part14/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:t5:1 # text = was the king a bit scared when the sword made that noise? 1 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 csubj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 11 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the king | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | past | the sword | that noise | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} yeah, he nearly dropped the knob ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:t5:o1:1 # text = yeah, he nearly dropped the knob 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 dropped drop 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 knob knob NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | past | he | the knob | | | | nearly *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knob=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} no, he just ran home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:t5:o2:1 # text = no, he just ran home 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | he | | | | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} nah, he laughed super loud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:t5:o3:1 # text = nah, he laughed super loud 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 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 super super ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 loud loud ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | he | | | | | loud, super *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} nah, he fell asleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:t5:o4:1 # text = nah, he fell asleep 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 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | he | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «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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