--- title: Was the king's son a bit of a plank? — English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jac… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the king's son a bit of a plank? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 244 «English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife sends him back to tell a tale, and the king's son is trapped in a chest» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/244-pg14241-part11/t10/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jac…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/244-pg14241-part11/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife send… Was the king's son a bit of a plank? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** son This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 244 «English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife sends him back to tell a tale, and the king's son is trapped in a chest» 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/244-pg14241-part11/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:t10:1 # text = Was the king's son a bit of a plank? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 plank plank NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the king's son | | | | | 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 {#o1} Nah, he was mint at chess ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:t10:o1:1 # text = Nah, he was mint at chess 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 mint mint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 chess chess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | chess | | mint *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he was a proper legend ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:t10:o2:1 # text = Nah, he was a proper legend 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | he | a proper legend | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, he was dead strong ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:t10:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he was dead strong 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, he got well caught out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:t10:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he got well caught out 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch out** | past · passive | | he | | | | well *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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