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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a y…

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So what's the old song say, the one called "The King of England's Son"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old song · **What happens:** be, say, call · **To what, where:** old song, one · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 961 «Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a young Spanish couple sails toward Russia, but calm weather and then a storm blow their ship north» 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/961-pg27200-part172/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t11:1
# text = So what's the old song say, the one called "The King of England's Son"?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	_
11	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	xcomp	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	Son	Son	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the old song |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the old song |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **call** | participle |  | the one *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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the mast was silver, the sails white

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t11:o1:1
# text = the mast was silver, the sails white
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mast	mast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sails	sail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the mast |  |  |  |  | silver *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the sails |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the anchor was gold, the ropes were silk, and the whole ship shone

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t11:o2:1
# text = the anchor was gold, the ropes were silk, and the whole ship shone
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	anchor	anchor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
15	shone	shine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the anchor | gold and silk and the whole ship |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the ropes | silk |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **shine** | participle |  | the whole ship *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the anchor was gold, the ropes silk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t11:o3:1
# text = the anchor was gold, the ropes silk
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	anchor	anchor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	compound	_	_
8	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the anchor | gold and ropes silk |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the hull was oak, the masts were pine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t11:o4:1
# text = the hull was oak, the masts were pine
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hull	hull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	masts	mast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	pine	pine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | hull oak and pine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the masts | pine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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