--- title: Did the prince just pretend he was poorly to get his mum and dad goi… — Old Deccan Days, The Girl with One Han… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the prince just pretend he was poorly to get his mum and dad going? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1309 «Old Deccan Days, The Girl with One Hand, part 34: a cruel brother cuts off his sister's hand, and a prince finds her crying in a tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1309-pg3454-part34/t3/) [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/) / [Old Deccan Days, The Girl with One Han…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1309-pg3454-part34/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Old Deccan Days, The Girl with One Hand, part 34: a cruel… Did the prince just pretend he was poorly to get his mum and dad going? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** do, pretend, be, go · **To what, where:** prince This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1309 «Old Deccan Days, The Girl with One Hand, part 34: a cruel brother cuts off his sister's hand, and a prince finds her crying in a tree» 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/1309-pg3454-part34/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1309-pg3454-part34:t3:1 # text = Did the prince just pretend he was poorly to get his mum and dad going? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 pretend pretend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 poorly poorly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the prince | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality | | 2 | **pretend** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | he | | | | | get, poorly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nah, not really ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1309-pg3454-part34:t3:o1:1 # text = Nah, not really 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, a fibber ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1309-pg3454-part34:t3:o2:1 # text = Yeah, a fibber 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fibber fibber NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, sneaky little fibber ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1309-pg3454-part34:t3:o3:1 # text = Yeah, sneaky little fibber 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 sneaky sneaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 fibber fibber NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, bit of a sneaky fibber ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1309-pg3454-part34:t3:o4:1 # text = Yeah, bit of a sneaky fibber 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 sneaky sneaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 fibber fibber NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` 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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