--- title: Bruv, how long did the prince reckon he'd been a crab, like? — Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a cra… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruv, how long did the prince reckon he'd been a crab, like? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1456 «Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince again and the witch is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1456-pg503-part43/t1/) [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/) / [Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a cra…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1456-pg503-part43/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince a… Bruv, how long did the prince reckon he'd been a crab, like? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bruv · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** prince, crab This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1456 «Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince again and the witch is punished» 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/1456-pg503-part43/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t1:1 # text = Bruv, how long did the prince reckon he'd been a crab, like? 1 Bruv Bruv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 reckon reckon AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 like like ADP IN _ 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Bruv *not said here* | the prince | | | | Bruv *vocative*; long *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality | | 2 | **is a** | present · perfect | Bruv | a crab | | | | | tree rules | 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} Loads of years, not knowing the truth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t1:o1:1 # text = Loads of years, not knowing the truth 1 Loads load NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | gerund | Loads of years | the truth | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer truth=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Like, a few hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t1:o2:1 # text = Like, a few hours 1 Like like INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A few hours, not knowing it was ten days, mad innit, fam, no cap ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t1:o3:1 # text = A few hours, not knowing it was ten days, mad innit, fam, no cap 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 fam fam NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | gerund | a few hours | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | ten days | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A few hours, not knowing it was ten days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t1:o4:1 # text = A few hours, not knowing it was ten days 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | gerund | a few hours | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | ten days | | | | | tree rules | **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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