--- title: Did the Cracker laugh at the Rocket? — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the Cracker laugh at the Rocket? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 2039 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, part 9: the fireworks start to chatter and the Rocket brags about himself» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2039-pg902-part9/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/) / [The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2039-pg902-part9/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, p… Did the Cracker laugh at the Rocket? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cracker · **What happens:** laugh · **To what, where:** Rocket This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2039 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, part 9: the fireworks start to chatter and the Rocket brags about himself» 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/2039-pg902-part9/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2039-pg902-part9:t11:1 # text = Did the Cracker laugh at the Rocket? 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 Cracker Cracker PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 laugh laugh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Rocket rocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | present | the Cracker | | | the Rocket | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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, cos he was happy, and then the Rocket laughed back at him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2039-pg902-part9:t11:o1:1 # text = Yeah, cos he was happy, and then the Rocket laughed back at him 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Rocket rocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **laugh back** | past | the Rocket | | | | then | at him *= he* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, cos he was happy and the Rocket was being so ridiculously annoying all night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2039-pg902-part9:t11:o2:1 # text = Yeah, cos he was happy and the Rocket was being so ridiculously annoying all night 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Rocket rocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 cop _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 ridiculously ridiculously ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 annoying annoying ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | night | happy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the Rocket | | | | | annoying, ridiculously *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, cos he was happy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2039-pg902-part9:t11:o3:1 # text = Yeah, cos he was happy 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, cos he was chuffed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2039-pg902-part9:t11:o4:1 # text = Yeah, cos he was chuffed 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 chuffed chuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuff** | past · passive | | he | | | | | 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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