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title: What did the raven promise, lowkey? — Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the raven promise, lowkey? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1459 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming is freed, sent to win the Princess, and helped on the road by a carp, a raven and an owl» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming…

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What did the raven promise, lowkey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** raven promise

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1459 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming is freed, sent to win the Princess, and helped on the road by a carp, a raven and an owl» 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/1459-pg503-part46/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t3:1
# text = What did the raven promise, lowkey?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	raven	raven	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the raven promise and lowkey |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Eventuality |

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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}

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He'd pay Charming back someday with a gold ring and a bunch of flowers from the palace

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t3:o1:1
# text = He'd pay Charming back someday with a gold ring and a bunch of flowers from the palace
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	Charming	Charming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	someday	someday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bunch	bunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | would | He |  | Charming | the palace |  | with a gold ring and a bunch of flowers | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent charming=Recipient someday=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He'd pay Charming back someday, no cap, when he needed it most

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t3:o2:1
# text = He'd pay Charming back someday, no cap, when he needed it most
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	Charming	Charming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	someday	someday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | would | He |  | Charming |  |  | most *obl* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent charming=Recipient someday=Asset |
| 2 | **need** | past | Charming | someday |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He'd pay Charming back someday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t3:o3:1
# text = He'd pay Charming back someday
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	Charming	Charming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	someday	someday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | would | He |  | Charming |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent charming=Recipient someday=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He'd return the favour later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t3:o4:1
# text = He'd return the favour later
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | would | He | the favour |  |  |  | late *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Theme |

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