--- title: what did the old man call Alfred, like, to his face? — Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfr… · tree and pragmatics description: what did the old man call Alfred, like, to his face? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 341 «Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, part 1: Alfred shares his last bread and wine, then sees a vision» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/341-pg18442-part1/t11/) [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/) / [Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/341-pg18442-part1/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, p… what did the old man call Alfred, like, to his face? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** call · **To what, where:** Alfred · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 341 «Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, part 1: Alfred shares his last bread and wine, then sees a vision» 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/341-pg18442-part1/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t11:1 # text = what did the old man call Alfred, like, to his face? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 Alfred Alfred PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past · do-support | the old man | Alfred | | | | like man's face | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme alfred=Result | 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} brother ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t11:o1:1 # text = brother 1 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} my son ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t11:o2:1 # text = my son 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} my beloved son, Alfred of Wessex ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t11:o3:1 # text = my beloved son, Alfred of Wessex 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Alfred Alfred PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Wessex Wessex PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} my dear son, the young king of England ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t11:o4:1 # text = my dear son, the young king of England 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 England England PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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