--- title: In which manner did the Rocket fail to perform at the celebration? — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics description: In which manner did the Rocket fail to perform at the celebration? Exam question 1 of lesson 2040 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, part 2: the Rocket sulks in the mud and boasts to a Frog and a Dragon-fly» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2040-pg902-part10/e1/) [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/2040-pg902-part10/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, p… In which manner did the Rocket fail to perform at the celebration? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, perform · **To what, where:** Rocket fail, manner, celebration This is exam question 1 of lesson 2040 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, part 2: the Rocket sulks in the mud and boasts to a Frog and a Dragon-fly» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/2040-pg902-part10/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2040-pg902-part10:e1:1 # text = In which manner did the Rocket fail to perform at the celebration? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Rocket rocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 fail fail NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 celebration celebration NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the Rocket fail | | which manner | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fail=Eventuality | | 2 | **perform** | to-infinitive | | the Rocket fail *not said here* | | the celebration | | | vn performance-26.7 «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 {#o1} He was too wet to go off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2040-pg902-part10:e1:o1:1 # text = He was too wet to go off 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | wet *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go off** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He could not go off at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2040-pg902-part10:e1:o2:1 # text = He could not go off at all 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go off** | could | He | | | all | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} He went off in the wrong way ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2040-pg902-part10:e1:o3:1 # text = He went off in the wrong way 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go off** | past | He | | | the wrong way | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in way=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} He could not go off at all because he was soaked through ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2040-pg902-part10:e1:o4:1 # text = He could not go off at all because he was soaked through 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 soaked soak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 12 through through ADP IN _ 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go off** | could | He | | | all | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location | | 2 | **soak** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source | **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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