--- title: Didn't George say the Prince was the reason no fireworks went up? — The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Didn't George say the Prince was the reason no fireworks went up? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 643 «The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Jane sneak out to see the Northern Lights and set off across the snowy fields toward the North Pole.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/643-pg23661-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 Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/643-pg23661-part11/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Ja… Didn't George say the Prince was the reason no fireworks went up? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** George, Prince, fireworks · **What happens:** not say, be, go up · **To what, where:** reason · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 643 «The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Jane sneak out to see the Northern Lights and set off across the snowy fields toward the North Pole.» 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/643-pg23661-part11/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t6:1 # text = Didn't George say the Prince was the reason no fireworks went up? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 3 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 11 fireworks firework NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | George | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | the Prince | the reason | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go up** | past | no fireworks | the reason *not said here* | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient reason=Extent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yeah, his first tooth was coming ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t6:o1:1 # text = Yeah, his first tooth was coming 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · progressive | his first tooth | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, cos of the cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t6:o2:1 # text = Yeah, cos of the cold 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 cos co NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Yeah, the Prince was cutting a tooth so nobody let off any rockets ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t6:o3:1 # text = Yeah, the Prince was cutting a tooth so nobody let off any rockets 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 cutting cut VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 11 nsubj _ _ 11 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 14 rockets rocket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | past · progressive | the Prince | a tooth | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Product | | 2 | **let off** | infinitive | nobody | any rockets | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rocket=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, he was poorly that week ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t6:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he was poorly that week 1 Yeah yeah 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 poorly poorly ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | week | poorly *property* | 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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