--- title: Did the princess really talk straight after being born? — Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the princess really talk straight after being born? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1621 «Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest, part 10: the king breaks his word, the princess dies, and the sentinels vanish one by one» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1621-pg5615-part10/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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1621-pg5615-part10/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest, part 10: the king… Did the princess really talk straight after being born? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, talk, bear · **To what, where:** princess This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1621 «Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest, part 10: the king breaks his word, the princess dies, and the sentinels vanish one by one» 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/1621-pg5615-part10/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:t3:1 # text = Did the princess really talk straight after being born? 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 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 talk talk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 straight straight ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 after after SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the princess | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality | | 2 | **talk** | present | | | | | | straight *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bear** | gerund · passive | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» | 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, she spoke like a grown man ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:t3:o1:1 # text = Nah, she spoke like a grown man 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | she | | | | | like a grown man | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, she was wise like an older person ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:t3:o2:1 # text = Yeah, she was wise like an older person 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | like a older person; wise *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, she was wise like an older person and spoke clear sentences at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:t3:o3:1 # text = Yeah, she was wise like an older person and spoke clear sentences at once 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 sentences sentence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | like a older person; wise *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | she *not said here* | clear sentences | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, she was loud like a baby ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:t3:o4:1 # text = Yeah, she was loud like a baby 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | like a baby; loud *property* | 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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