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title: Did the green-grocer enjoy the Prince's hunts, or was he gutted? — The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the green-grocer enjoy the Prince's hunts, or was he gutted? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 654 «The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon, part 22: a dragon scares the town and the Prince sets out to hunt it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 12 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon, part 22: a dragon s…

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Did the green-grocer enjoy the Prince's hunts, or was he gutted?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** green grocer · **What happens:** enjoy, gut · **To what, where:** hunts, grocer

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 654 «The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon, part 22: a dragon scares the town and the Prince sets out to hunt it» 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/654-pg23661-part22/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:654-pg23661-part22:t12:1
# text = Did the green-grocer enjoy the Prince's hunts, or was he gutted?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	grocer	grocer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	hunts	hunt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | past · do-support | the green grocer | the Prince's hunts |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hunt=Stimulus |
| 2 | **gut** | past · passive |  | grocer |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |

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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 {#o1}

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Yeah, he loved them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:654-pg23661-part22:t12:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he loved them
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | he | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He hated it at first then loved it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:654-pg23661-part22:t12:o2:1
# text = He hated it at first then loved it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hated	hate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	obl	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | past | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **love** | past |  | it |  |  | then |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He was gutted every time the Prince showed off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:654-pg23661-part22:t12:o3:1
# text = He was gutted every time the Prince showed off
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | past · passive |  | He |  |  | time |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **show off** | past | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He enjoyed the parades and loved it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:654-pg23661-part22:t12:o4:1
# text = He enjoyed the parades and loved it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	enjoyed	enjoy	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	parades	parade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | past | He | the parades |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parade=Stimulus |
| 2 | **love** | past | He *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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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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