--- title: Were the rich folks his target, or the poor ones? — Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Alli… · tree and pragmatics description: Were the rich folks his target, or the poor ones? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 344 «Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood helps a sad young man win back his bride from a rich old suitor» 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/344-pg18442-part4/t13/) [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/) / [Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Alli…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/344-pg18442-part4/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood… Were the rich folks his target, or the poor ones? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rich folks · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** target This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 344 «Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood helps a sad young man win back his bride from a rich old suitor» 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/344-pg18442-part4/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:t13:1 # text = Were the rich folks his target, or the poor ones? 1 Were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 target target NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the rich folks | his target or the poor ones | | | | | 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} The poor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:t13:o1:1 # text = The poor 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The rich who did no work ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:t13:o2:1 # text = The rich who did no work 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the rich | no work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} The rich lords who cheat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:t13:o3:1 # text = The rich lords who cheat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 cheat cheat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cheat** | present | the rich lords | | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The rich ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:t13:o4:1 # text = The rich 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` 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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