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title: yo, did the king seriously try to poison the prince's bff? — Household Tales, The Two Friends: a ki… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, did the king seriously try to poison the prince's bff? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 722 «Household Tales, The Two Friends: a king's poison fails, a friend is revived, and a saint asks for a baby's blood» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 1 · ★ · Household Tales, The Two Friends: a king's poison fails, a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo, did the king seriously try to poison the prince's bff?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** try, poison · **To what, where:** bff

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 722 «Household Tales, The Two Friends: a king's poison fails, a friend is revived, and a saint asks for a baby's blood» 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/722-pg2435-part62/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:722-pg2435-part62:t1:1
# text = yo, did the king seriously try to poison the prince's bff?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	try	try	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	poison	poison	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	bff	bff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | seriously *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **poison** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the prince's bff |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bff=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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fr, the king was super salty about the whole thing so he secretly dropped poison in the prince's drink at bedtime

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:722-pg2435-part62:t1:o1:1
# text = fr, the king was super salty about the whole thing so he secretly dropped poison in the prince's drink at bedtime
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	super	super	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	appos	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the king |  |  |  |  | about the whole thing; salty, super *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **drop** | past | fr | poison |  | the prince's drink |  | at bedtime; secretly *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent poison=Theme in drink=Destination at bedtime=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the king just gave him a sleepy drink at dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:722-pg2435-part62:t1:o2:1
# text = nah, the king just gave him a sleepy drink at dinner
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the king | a sleepy drink | him *= he* | dinner |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient drink=Theme at dinner=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lowkey yes, he put poison in the friend's cup

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:722-pg2435-part62:t1:o3:1
# text = lowkey yes, he put poison in the friend's cup
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | lowkey | poison |  | the friend's cup |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent poison=Theme in cup=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, the king was salty and dropped poison in his drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:722-pg2435-part62:t1:o4:1
# text = fr, the king was salty and dropped poison in his drink
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | fr |  |  |  |  | salty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **drop** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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