--- title: the lacqueys were the footmen right, the guys at the back — fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldi… · tree and pragmatics description: the lacqueys were the footmen right, the guys at the back Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1900 «fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John buys a golden coach, plays cards with the King, and loses his purse and cloak to Ludovine» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1900-pg7277-part37/t11/) [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/) / [fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1900-pg7277-part37/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John bu… the lacqueys were the footmen right, the guys at the back **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lacqueys · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** back This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1900 «fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John buys a golden coach, plays cards with the King, and loses his purse and cloak to Ludovine» 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/1900-pg7277-part37/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1900-pg7277-part37:t11:1 # text = the lacqueys were the footmen right, the guys at the back 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lacqueys lacquey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 footmen footman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 guys guy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the lacqueys | | | the back | | the guys *obl*; right *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 rode on top of it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1900-pg7277-part37:t11:o1:1 # text = Yeah, they rode on top of it 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rode rode VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rode** | present | they | | | top of top | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, they walked in front ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1900-pg7277-part37:t11:o2:1 # text = Nah, they walked in front 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | they | | | front | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, the drivers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1900-pg7277-part37:t11:o3:1 # text = Yeah, the drivers 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 drivers driver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, they stood behind the coach all dressed up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1900-pg7277-part37:t11:o4:1 # text = Yeah, they stood behind the coach all dressed up 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 behind behind ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 all all ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | they | | | the coach | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind coach=Location | | 2 | **dress up** | participle | they *not said here* | | | | | all *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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