--- title: Okay but who were those two soldiers, like were they, like, bad guys… — Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Okay but who were those two soldiers, like were they, like, bad guys from the start? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 694 «Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince frees a prisoner, meets three grateful creatures, and is set a grain-sorting task» 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/694-pg2435-part34/t3/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/694-pg2435-part34/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince fre… Okay but who were those two soldiers, like were they, like, bad guys from the start? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** two soldiers This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 694 «Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince frees a prisoner, meets three grateful creatures, and is set a grain-sorting task» 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/694-pg2435-part34/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:694-pg2435-part34:t3:1 # text = Okay but who were those two soldiers, like were they, like, bad guys from the start? 1 Okay okay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 like like ADP IN _ 16 case _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 guys guy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 start start NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | that two soldiers | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | like soldiers *= soldier* | 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 {#o1} They were hired by the king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:694-pg2435-part34:t3:o1:1 # text = They were hired by the king 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 hired hire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hire** | past · passive | the king | They | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They were his cousins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:694-pg2435-part34:t3:o2:1 # text = They were his cousins 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 cousins cousin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | They | his cousins | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They were jealous and plotted against the prince ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:694-pg2435-part34:t3:o3:1 # text = They were jealous and plotted against the prince 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 plotted plot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 6 against against ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | jealous *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **plot** | participle | They *not said here* | | | | | against the prince | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They were friends who turned on him later ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:694-pg2435-part34:t3:o4:1 # text = They were friends who turned on him later 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | They | friends | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **turn** | past | friends | | | | | on him *= he*; late *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on he=Trajectory | **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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