--- title: Yo, what's the critic always saying when the young man talks? — The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend,… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, what's the critic always saying when the young man talks? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 2036 «The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 6: Hans greets the Miller in spring» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2036-pg902-part6/t14/) [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/) / [The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2036-pg902-part6/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 6: Hans greets… Yo, what's the critic always saying when the young man talks? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** critic · **What happens:** be This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 2036 «The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 6: Hans greets the Miller in spring» 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/2036-pg902-part6/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:t14:1 # text = Yo, what's the critic always saying when the young man talks? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 critic critic NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 8 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 talks talk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the critic | | | | | the young man talks *obl*; always, say *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} Oh, my dear boy, how very interesting! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:t14:o1:1 # text = Oh, my dear boy, how very interesting! 1 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 interesting interesting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Nonsense, nonsense, you know nothing at all! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:t14:o2:1 # text = Nonsense, nonsense, you know nothing at all! 1 Nonsense nonsense NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 nonsense nonsense NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | Nonsense and nonsense | nothing | | all | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Pooh! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:t14:o3:1 # text = Pooh! 1 Pooh pooh NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Ah ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:t14:o4:1 # text = Ah 1 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 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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