--- title: Why'd the rocket think he was a gold stick, then? — The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocke… · tree and pragmatics description: Why'd the rocket think he was a gold stick, then? Test 6 · ★ 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 questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2041-pg902-part11/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket: a boastful rocket… Why'd the rocket think he was a gold stick, then? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rocket, he · **What happens:** think, be · **To what, where:** gold stick · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:t6:1 # text = Why'd the rocket think he was a gold stick, then? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rocket rocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | would | the rocket | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | he | a gold stick | | | then | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Cos he heard it wrong, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:t6:o1:1 # text = Cos he heard it wrong, innit 1 Cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Cos | it | | | | wrong *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | Cos *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cos he got it all wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:t6:o2:1 # text = Cos he got it all wrong 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | he | it | | | | wrong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cos he was dead proud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:t6:o3:1 # text = Cos he was dead proud 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | proud *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cos he heard it wrong, innit, and thought it was gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:t6:o4:1 # text = Cos he heard it wrong, innit, and thought it was gold 1 Cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Cos | it | | | | wrong *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | Cos *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Cos *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | it | gold | | | | | 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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