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# Test 5 · ★ · Sicilian Tales, Maria and the King, part 1: a clever girl…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the king just believe that the coat was made of chalk?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, believe, make · **To what, where:** king, coat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 723 «Sicilian Tales, Maria and the King, part 1: a clever girl outwits the king and saves her father» 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/723-pg2435-part63/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:723-pg2435-part63:t5:1
# text = Did the king just believe that the coat was made of chalk?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	chalk	chalk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the king |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality |
| 2 | **believe** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **make** | past · passive |  | the coat |  |  |  | of chalk | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he actually believed the coat was chalk until his own tailor said otherwise, mate, so it was all a massive fluke

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:723-pg2435-part63:t5:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he actually believed the coat was chalk until his own tailor said otherwise, mate, so it was all a massive fluke
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	chalk	chalk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
10	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
15	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
19	so	so	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
22	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	25	det:predet	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	fluke	fluke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | past | he |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the coat | chalk |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | his own tailor |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; otherwise *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | past | tailor | all massive fluke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he measured it and it was clearly stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:723-pg2435-part63:t5:o2:1
# text = Nah, he measured it and it was clearly stone
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	measured	measure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | past | he | it |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme it=Value |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | stone |  |  |  | clearly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he knew straight away it was just chalk, so Maria's trick wasn't fooling him at all, it was just a bit of a laugh

<!-- fold The tree, 27 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:723-pg2435-part63:t5:o3:1
# text = Nah, he knew straight away it was just chalk, so Maria's trick wasn't fooling him at all, it was just a bit of a laugh
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	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	chalk	chalk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
13	Maria	Maria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	fooling	fool	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
24	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
25	just	just	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | he |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | chalk |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **fool** | past · progressive | Maria's trick | chalk |  | all |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 4 | **is a** | past | trick | a bit |  |  |  | of a laugh | tree rules |
| 5 | **trick** |  | Maria |  |  |  |  |  | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, Maria's chalk trick was the only way out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:723-pg2435-part63:t5:o4:1
# text = Nah, Maria's chalk trick was the only way out
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Maria	Maria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	chalk	chalk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	out	out	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Maria's chalk trick | the only way |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **trick** |  | Maria |  |  |  |  |  | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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