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title: Did the Queen let the dog eat loads of cake? — Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the Queen let the dog eat loads of cake? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1479 «Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed prince becomes a monster and then a little dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed pri…

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Did the Queen let the dog eat loads of cake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Queen, dog · **What happens:** let, eat · **To what, where:** loads

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1479 «Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed prince becomes a monster and then a little dog» 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/1479-pg503-part66/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t7:1
# text = Did the Queen let the dog eat loads of cake?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | past · do-support | the Queen |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | infinitive | the dog | loads of cake |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a bit of cake and meat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t7:o1:1
# text = Yeah, a bit of cake and meat
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	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she gave him cake every single day and let him eat as much as he liked

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t7:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she gave him cake every single day and let him eat as much as he liked
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	as	as	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	obj	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | she | cake | him *= he* |  | day |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cake=Theme |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive | she *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **eat** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | much |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient |
| 4 | **like** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, just a tiny bit of bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t7:o3:1
# text = Nah, just a tiny bit of bread
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she let him feast on cakes, meat, and sweets whenever he wanted them

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t7:o4:1
# text = Yeah, she let him feast on cakes, meat, and sweets whenever he wanted them
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	feast	feast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
14	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | infinitive | she | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feast** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on cakes and meat | vn dine-39.5 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on cake=Patient |
| 3 | **want** | past | sweets | cakes *= cake* |  |  |  | whenever *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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