--- title: no cap, what did the prince ask the sparkle guy for? — Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30:… · tree and pragmatics description: no cap, what did the prince ask the sparkle guy for? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1443 «Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30: the Prince fetches the taxes and tricks the giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1443-pg503-part30/t2/) [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/) / [Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1443-pg503-part30/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30: the Prince fetches… no cap, what did the prince ask the sparkle guy for? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cap · **What happens:** ask · **To what, where:** sparkle guy This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1443 «Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30: the Prince fetches the taxes and tricks the giant» 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/1443-pg503-part30/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:t2:1 # text = no cap, what did the prince ask the sparkle guy for? 1 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 sparkle sparkle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · do-support | no cap | the sparkle guy | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guy=Recipient | 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 {#o1} as much gold as the horses could pull ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:t2:o1:1 # text = as much gold as the horses could pull 1 as as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | could | the horses | much gold *not said here* | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} all the silver in the hall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:t2:o2:1 # text = all the silver in the hall 1 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} every coin on the floor of the cave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:t2:o3:1 # text = every coin on the floor of the cave 1 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} as much as he could carry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:t2:o4:1 # text = as much as he could carry 1 as as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | could | he | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: 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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