--- title: Did Labakan own up to the lie, mate? — Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Did Labakan own up to the lie, mate? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 717 «Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken for the prince, but the queen doubts him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/717-pg2435-part57/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/) / [Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/717-pg2435-part57/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken… Did Labakan own up to the lie, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Labakan · **What happens:** own up This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 717 «Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken for the prince, but the queen doubts him» 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/717-pg2435-part57/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:t14:1 # text = Did Labakan own up to the lie, mate? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 Labakan Labakan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 own own VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **own up** | past · do-support | Labakan | | | | | to the lie and mate | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | 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} Nah, he kept on pretending and told the king that he really was the son ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:t14:o1:1 # text = Nah, he kept on pretending and told the king that he really was the son 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pretending pretend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 really really ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | he | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pretend** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | he *not said here* | | the king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** | past | king | the son | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, he admitted everything to the queen, but then remained silent before the court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:t14:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he admitted everything to the queen, but then remained silent before the court 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 admitted admit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 12 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 14 before before ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | past | he | everything | the queen | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Topic to queen=Recipient | | 2 | **remain** | past | he *not said here* | | | the court | then | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before court=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Nah, he kept quiet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:t14:o3:1 # text = Nah, he kept quiet 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | he | | | | | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:t14:o4:1 # text = Yeah 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 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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