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title: Why did the mystery bloke wait till dark to show himself? — Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the mystery bloke wait till dark to show himself? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1696 «Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem for Rosalie» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wron
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# Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem…

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Why did the mystery bloke wait till dark to show himself?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mystery bloke · **What happens:** wait, show · **To what, where:** bloke

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1696 «Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem for Rosalie» 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/1696-pg640-part20/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:t7:1
# text = Why did the mystery bloke wait till dark to show himself?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	mystery	mystery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wait	wait	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	till	till	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	10	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past · do-support | the mystery bloke |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | the mystery bloke *not said here* |  | bloke |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient |

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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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Because he feared being spotted by Rosalie while others watched closely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:t7:o1:1
# text = Because he feared being spotted by Rosalie while others watched closely
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	spotted	spot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Rosalie	Rosalie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
11	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | past · passive | Rosalie | he |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination |
| 2 | **watch** | past | others |  |  |  |  | closely *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He feared being spotted by Rosalie in front of others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:t7:o2:1
# text = He feared being spotted by Rosalie in front of others
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	spotted	spot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Rosalie	Rosalie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | past · passive | Rosalie | He |  |  |  | in front of others | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Destination in front=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He feared being seen by Rosalie with others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:t7:o3:1
# text = He feared being seen by Rosalie with others
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Rosalie	Rosalie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · passive | Rosalie | He |  |  |  | with others | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He worried the guards would see him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:t7:o4:1
# text = He worried the guards would see him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	worried	worry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worry** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **see** | would | the guards | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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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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