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title: what did the king do when he heard, like — Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the king do when he heard, like Test 10 · ★ of lesson 2055 «Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 14: Europa rides a snow-white bull into the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wron
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# Test 10 · ★ · Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 14: Europa rides a s…

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what did the king do when he heard, like

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** do, hear · **To what, where:** king

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2055 «Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 14: Europa rides a snow-white bull into the sea» 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/2055-pg976-part14/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2055-pg976-part14:t10:1
# text = what did the king do when he heard, like
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the king |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality |
| 2 | **hear** | present · do-support | king |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |

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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}

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he got really mad and sad and started yelling at the guards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2055-pg976-part14:t10:o1:1
# text = he got really mad and sad and started yelling at the guards
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	yelling	yell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **start** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **yell** *speech: express* | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the guards | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at guard=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he got really upset

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2055-pg976-part14:t10:o2:1
# text = he got really upset
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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went super mad and sad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2055-pg976-part14:t10:o3:1
# text = went super mad and sad
1	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	super	super	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past |  |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he went super mad, then cried for ages and shouted at everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2055-pg976-part14:t10:o4:1
# text = he went super mad, then cried for ages and shouted at everyone
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	super	super	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  | for ages; then |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for age=Recipient |
| 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | he *not said here* |  |  | everyone |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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