--- title: Did the pen write all by itself, or what? — Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the pen write all by itself, or what? Test 9 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1696-pg640-part20/t9/) [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 Invisible Prince, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1696-pg640-part20/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem… Did the pen write all by itself, or what? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pen · **What happens:** write This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:t9:1 # text = Did the pen write all by itself, or what? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 pen pen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 write write VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | present | the pen | | | | | by pen | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Yes, it was moved by a spirit who stood nearby the whole time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:t9:o1:1 # text = Yes, it was moved by a spirit who stood nearby the whole time 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 nearby nearby ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past · passive | a spirit | it | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | past | a spirit | | | | time | nearby *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Moved by a secret servant ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:t9:o2:1 # text = Moved by a secret servant 1 Moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | participle | | | | | | by a secret servant | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by servant=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, it was controlled by an invisible prince standing behind her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:t9:o3:1 # text = No, it was controlled by an invisible prince standing behind her 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 controlled control VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 behind behind ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **control** | past · passive | a invisible prince | it | | | | | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | gerund | a invisible prince *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer her=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Guided by an invisible hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:t9:o4:1 # text = Guided by an invisible hand 1 Guided guide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guide** | participle | | | | | | by a invisible hand | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by hand=Destination | **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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