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title: Sis, what did the prince do after the empress left? — Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sis, what did the prince do after the empress left? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1759 «Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part 10: the prince finds a voice begging for water in the twelfth cellar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part…

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Sis, what did the prince do after the empress left?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sis · **What happens:** do, leave · **To what, where:** prince, empress

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1759 «Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part 10: the prince finds a voice begging for water in the twelfth cellar» 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/1759-pg641-part10/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t11:1
# text = Sis, what did the prince do after the empress left?
1	Sis	sis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	empress	empress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Sis | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | Sis |  |  |  | after the empress |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **leave** | participle |  | the empress *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He unlocked the cellars one after another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t11:o1:1
# text = He unlocked the cellars one after another
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	unlocked	unlock	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	cellars	cellar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unlock** | past | He | the cellars |  |  | after another |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He searched for the maiden at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t11:o2:1
# text = He searched for the maiden at once
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	searched	search	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | past | He |  |  |  |  | for the maiden | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for maiden=Theme at once=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He unlocked the cellars one after another until he reached the twelfth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t11:o3:1
# text = He unlocked the cellars one after another until he reached the twelfth
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	unlocked	unlock	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	cellars	cellar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	nmod	_	_
8	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	twelfth	twelfth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unlock** | past | He | the cellars |  |  |  |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cellar=Patient |
| 2 | **reach** | past | he | the twelfth |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent twelfth=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He opened the gate to the town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t11:o4:1
# text = He opened the gate to the town
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	opened	open	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	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past | He | the gate | the town |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gate=Patient to town=Recipient |

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