--- title: Mate, why was the Prince well cheesed off with the snail? — Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, why was the Prince well cheesed off with the snail? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1918 «Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 55: Vivien slays the lion and Giant, then rides a snail to the Green Castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1918-pg7277-part55/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/) / [Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1918-pg7277-part55/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 55: Vivien slays th… Mate, why was the Prince well cheesed off with the snail? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, cheese off · **To what, where:** Prince This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1918 «Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 55: Vivien slays the lion and Giant, then rides a snail to the Green 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/1918-pg7277-part55/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1918-pg7277-part55:t2:1 # text = Mate, why was the Prince well cheesed off with the snail? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 8 cheesed cheese VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cheese off** | participle · passive | | the Prince | | | | with the snail; Mate *obl*; well *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} it was too slow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1918-pg7277-part55:t2:o1:1 # text = it was too slow 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | slow *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} it was too hot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1918-pg7277-part55:t2:o2:1 # text = it was too hot 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} it kept stopping to eat every leaf on the path ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1918-pg7277-part55:t2:o3:1 # text = it kept stopping to eat every leaf on the path 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 stopping stop VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | it | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | every leaf | | the path | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} it was rude ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1918-pg7277-part55:t2:o4:1 # text = it was rude 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | rude *property* | tree rules | **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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