--- title: Whit did the prince say his faither had that was braver? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Son of the Kin… · tree and pragmatics description: Whit did the prince say his faither had that was braver? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 2018 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Son of the King of Tethertown, part 37: the giant sets the prince three hard tasks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2018-pg7885-part37/t5/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Son of the Kin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2018-pg7885-part37/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Son of the King of Tethertown, par… Whit did the prince say his faither had that was braver? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Whit, prince, faither, that · **What happens:** do, say, have, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 2018 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Son of the King of Tethertown, part 37: the giant sets the prince three hard tasks» 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/2018-pg7885-part37/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2018-pg7885-part37:t5:1 # text = Whit did the prince say his faither had that was braver? 1 Whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 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 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 faither faither NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 braver brave ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Whit | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** | past | prince's faither | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | that | | | | | brave *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 {#o1} a braver steed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2018-pg7885-part37:t5:o1:1 # text = a braver steed 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 braver brave ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} a braver rod ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2018-pg7885-part37:t5:o2:1 # text = a braver rod 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 braver brave ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a braver rod than the giant has ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2018-pg7885-part37:t5:o3:1 # text = a braver rod than the giant has 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 braver brave ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | a braver rod than the giant | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} a better sword ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2018-pg7885-part37:t5:o4:1 # text = a better sword 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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