--- title: Lowkey, why did the barber lie to the emperor? — Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and… · tree and pragmatics description: Lowkey, why did the barber lie to the emperor? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1758 «Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan, part 9: the witch's rod, the brothers freed, a barber's secret» 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/1758-pg641-part9/t2/) [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/) / [Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1758-pg641-part9/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of t… Lowkey, why did the barber lie to the emperor? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lowkey · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** barber lie This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1758 «Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan, part 9: the witch's rod, the brothers freed, a barber's secret» 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/1758-pg641-part9/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:t2:1 # text = Lowkey, why did the barber lie to the emperor? 1 Lowkey Lowkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 barber barber NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Lowkey | the barber lie | | | | to the emperor | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lie=Eventuality | 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} to avoid the axe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:t2:o1:1 # text = to avoid the axe 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 avoid avoid VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | | the axe | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent axe=Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} to save his own neck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:t2:o2:1 # text = to save his own neck 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 save save VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | to-infinitive | | his own neck | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} for fun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:t2:o3:1 # text = for fun 1 for for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} to hide his shame ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:t2:o4:1 # text = to hide his shame 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive | | his shame | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shame=Patient | | 2 | **shame** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom shame «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | **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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