--- title: Wait, the kings were actually salty, right? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Youngest Princ… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, the kings were actually salty, right? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1846 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Youngest Princess, part 30: the prince turns handsome, tricks his brothers-in-law and is refused at the gate» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1846-pg7128-part30/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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, The Youngest Princ…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1846-pg7128-part30/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Youngest Princess, part 30: the pr… Wait, the kings were actually salty, right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, kings · **What happens:** wait, be This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1846 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Youngest Princess, part 30: the prince turns handsome, tricks his brothers-in-law and is refused at the gate» 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/1846-pg7128-part30/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1846-pg7128-part30:t2:1 # text = Wait, the kings were actually salty, right? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 actually actually ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 right right INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **is** | past | the kings | | | | | actually, salty *property* | tree rules | 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} Yeah, they were real jealous ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1846-pg7128-part30:t2:o1:1 # text = Yeah, they were real jealous 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | jealous *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yep, so mad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1846-pg7128-part30:t2:o2:1 # text = Yep, so mad 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, they were so salty ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1846-pg7128-part30:t2:o3:1 # text = Yeah, they were so salty 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | salty *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, they got super jealous ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1846-pg7128-part30:t2:o4:1 # text = Yes, they got super jealous 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 super super ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | they | | | | | jealous, super *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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