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title: Wait, what did the youngest prince see in the apple tree? — Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what did the youngest prince see in the apple tree? Test 5 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part…

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Wait, what did the youngest prince see in the apple tree?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, youngest prince · **What happens:** wait, see · **To what, where:** apple tree

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t5:1
# text = Wait, what did the youngest prince see in the apple tree?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past · do-support | the youngest prince |  |  | the apple tree |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

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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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Seven silver swans landing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t5:o1:1
# text = Seven silver swans landing
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	_
4	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Twelve red birds perching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t5:o2:1
# text = Twelve red birds perching
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	perching	perch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perch** | gerund | Twelve red birds *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Nine golden pea-hens flying in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t5:o3:1
# text = Nine golden pea-hens flying in
1	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	pea	pea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly in** | gerund | Nine golden pea hens *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Two golden birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t5:o4:1
# text = Two golden birds
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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