--- title: Did the duck let the rocket bang on at her? — The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocke… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the duck let the rocket bang on at her? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 2041 «The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket: a boastful rocket chats with a duck, then is burnt on a fire and falls on a goose» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2041-pg902-part11/t12/) [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 Remarkable Rocke…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2041-pg902-part11/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket: a boastful rocket… Did the duck let the rocket bang on at her? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** duck · **What happens:** let · **To what, where:** rocket bang This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 2041 «The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket: a boastful rocket chats with a duck, then is burnt on a fire and falls on a goose» 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/2041-pg902-part11/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:t12:1 # text = Did the duck let the rocket bang on at her? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|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 bang bang NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | past · do-support | the duck | the rocket bang | | | | on her *= she* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent bang=Theme on she=Asset | 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} Nah, she just swam off down the stream and didn't look back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:t12:o1:1 # text = Nah, she just swam off down the stream and didn't look back 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 down down ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 14 back back ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim off** | past | she | | | the stream | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down stream=Trajectory | | 2 | **not** **look back** | past · do-support | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, she just swam off down the stream, bored ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:t12:o2:1 # text = Nah, she just swam off down the stream, bored 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 down down ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim off** | past | she | | | the stream | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down stream=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, she listened, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:t12:o3:1 # text = Yeah, she listened, mate 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | past | she | | | | | mate *vocative* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nah, she just swam off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:t12:o4:1 # text = Nah, she just swam off 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim off** | past | she | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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