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title: Oi, mate, was the Prince's boat just knackered on some rocks, or what? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, mate, was the Prince's boat just knackered on some rocks, or what? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1697 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 21: the Prince is wrecked and finds a land of doomed lovers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 1 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 21: the…

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Oi, mate, was the Prince's boat just knackered on some rocks, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi · **What happens:** be, knacker · **To what, where:** boat, rocks

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1697 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 21: the Prince is wrecked and finds a land of doomed lovers» 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/1697-pg640-part21/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1697-pg640-part21:t1:1
# text = Oi, mate, was the Prince's boat just knackered on some rocks, or what?
1	Oi	oi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	knackered	knacker	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Oi and the Prince's boat *not said here* | the Prince's boat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **knacker** | past | Oi and the Prince's boat |  |  | some rocks |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Lost at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1697-pg640-part21:t1:o1:1
# text = Lost at sea
1	Lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  | sea |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent at sea=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Crushed by a giant wave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1697-pg640-part21:t1:o2:1
# text = Crushed by a giant wave
1	Crushed	crush	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	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crush** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by a giant wave | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wrecked on the hidden reef

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1697-pg640-part21:t1:o3:1
# text = Wrecked on the hidden reef
1	Wrecked	wreck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reef	reef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wreck** | participle |  |  |  | the hidden reef |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Smashed to bits on rocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1697-pg640-part21:t1:o4:1
# text = Smashed to bits on rocks
1	Smashed	smash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smash** | participle |  |  |  | rocks |  | to bits *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient to bit=Result |

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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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