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title: Dead quick one, which nag did the prince pick? — Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dead quick one, which nag did the prince pick? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1761 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, part 1: a king is taken prisoner and his queen sets out disguised as a boy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, part 1: a king is take…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dead quick one, which nag did the prince pick?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dead quick one · **What happens:** nag, do · **To what, where:** prince pick

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1761 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, part 1: a king is taken prisoner and his queen sets out disguised as a boy» 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/1761-pg641-part12/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:t5:1
# text = Dead quick one, which nag did the prince pick?
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	nag	nag	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	pick	pick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nag** | present | Dead quick one |  |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | past | Dead quick one | the prince pick |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pick=Eventuality |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the proud white horse standing at the front of the whole stable yard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:t5:o1:1
# text = the proud white horse standing at the front of the whole stable yard
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	stable	stable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund | the proud white horse *not said here* |  |  | the front of the whole stable yard |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at front=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the sleek black one that looked strongest of all in the stable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:t5:o2:1
# text = the sleek black one that looked strongest of all in the stable
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	sleek	sleek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	stable	stable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the sleek black one |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the half-starved one in the corner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:t5:o3:1
# text = the half-starved one in the corner
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	starved	starve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **starve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the shaggy mare by the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:t5:o4:1
# text = the shaggy mare by the wall
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shaggy	shaggy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mare	mare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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