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title: did the king's son's hymn sound mint or proper rubbish? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell-Deep:… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the king's son's hymn sound mint or proper rubbish? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 801 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell-Deep: the king's son sees the sunset, meets the poor boy, and the old Bell tells its tales» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell-Deep: the king's son sees…

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did the king's son's hymn sound mint or proper rubbish?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** sound mint

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 801 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell-Deep: the king's son sees the sunset, meets the poor boy, and the old Bell tells its tales» 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/801-pg27200-part12/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:t13:1
# text = did the king's son's hymn sound mint or proper rubbish?
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	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	hymn	hymn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	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's son's sound mint or proper rubbish |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mint=Eventuality |

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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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it was a calm evening hymn sung to the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:t13:o1:1
# text = it was a calm evening hymn sung to the sea
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	hymn	hymn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	sung	sing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a calm evening hymn |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | participle |  | a calm evening hymn *not said here* | the sea |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to sea=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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it was a sad hymn about the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:t13:o2:1
# text = it was a sad hymn about the sea
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hymn	hymn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a sad hymn |  |  |  | about the sea | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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it was a calm evening hymn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:t13:o3:1
# text = it was a calm evening hymn
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	hymn	hymn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a calm evening hymn |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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it was a loud wild song that woke the whole village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:t13:o4:1
# text = it was a loud wild song that woke the whole village
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a loud wild song |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wake** | past | a loud wild song | the whole village |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent village=Patient |

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