--- title: Who was getting the best of the fight before the strange knight turn… — Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 2… · tree and pragmatics description: Who was getting the best of the fight before the strange knight turned up? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/681-pg2435-part21/t14/) [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/) / [Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 2…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/681-pg2435-part21/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl give… Who was getting the best of the fight before the strange knight turned up? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** strange knight · **What happens:** get, turn up · **To what, where:** best This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» 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/681-pg2435-part21/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t14:1 # text = Who was getting the best of the fight before the strange knight turned up? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 before before SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · progressive | | the best | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus | | 2 | **turn up** | past | the strange knight | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} The enemy had already captured the king and was carrying him off on a cart to their camp ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t14:o1:1 # text = The enemy had already captured the king and was carrying him off on a cart to their camp 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 already already ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 captured capture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **capture** | past · perfect | the enemy | the king | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme | | 2 | **carry off** | past · progressive | the enemy *not said here* | king | | a cart | | to their camp | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to camp=Destination | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The king's men were winning big ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t14:o2:1 # text = The king's men were winning big 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 winning win VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past · progressive | the king's men | | | | | big *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The enemy had the upper hand, sure ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t14:o3:1 # text = The enemy had the upper hand, sure 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the enemy | the upper hand | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The enemy, the king's lot were losing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t14:o4:1 # text = The enemy, the king's lot were losing 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · progressive | the enemy the king's lot | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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