--- title: Did the slaves help him out at all? — Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the slaves help him out at all? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1916 «Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a patient old woman, and a bell at the castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1916-pg7277-part53/t10/) [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 Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1916-pg7277-part53/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a pat… Did the slaves help him out at all? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** slaves · **What happens:** help out · **To what, where:** him, all This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1916 «Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a patient old woman, and a bell at the castle» 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/1916-pg7277-part53/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:t10:1 # text = Did the slaves help him out at all? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help out** | present | the slaves | | him *= he* | all | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | 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} Yeah, they gave him a snack, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:t10:o1:1 # text = Yeah, they gave him a snack, bro 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 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 snack snack NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | they | a snack and bro | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient snack=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Nah, they spoke some weird lingo, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:t10:o2:1 # text = Nah, they spoke some weird lingo, bro 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 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 6 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lingo lingo NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | they | some weird lingo and bro | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, they spoke proper English, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:t10:o3:1 # text = Yeah, they spoke proper English, bro 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 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | they | proper English and bro | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Nah, they just stood there, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:t10:o4:1 # text = Nah, they just stood there, bro 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | they | | | there | | bro *vocative* | vn assuming\_position-50 «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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