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title: what did the army do when the ship left? — Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26:… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the army do when the ship left? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1889 «Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, King Bayard tells his tale, and a monkey leads the Prince away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 13 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, Ki…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what did the army do when the ship left?

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

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1889 «Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, King Bayard tells his tale, and a monkey leads the Prince away» 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/1889-pg7277-part26/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:t13:1
# text = what did the army do when the ship left?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	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	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the army |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Eventuality |
| 2 | **leave** | present · do-support | the ship |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they stood there silent, then gave a massive cheer and a few tears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:t13:o1:1
# text = they stood there silent, then gave a massive cheer and a few tears
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
4	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cheer	cheer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | they |  |  | there |  | silent *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give** | past | they *not said here* | a massive cheer and a few tears |  |  | then |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheer=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they cried a lot, sad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:t13:o2:1
# text = they cried a lot, sad
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | they | a lot |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they howled loads, proper sad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:t13:o3:1
# text = they howled loads, proper sad
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	howled	howl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **howl** | past | they | loads |  |  |  | sad *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent load=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they sang a bit, happy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:t13:o4:1
# text = they sang a bit, happy
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | they | a bit |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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