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title: Your teacher's quote card says "Marie Antoinette: Let them eat cake!… — Kings, queens and emperors · tree and pragmatics
description: Your teacher's quote card says "Marie Antoinette: Let them eat cake!" How could you raise it kindly? Test 3 of lesson 19 «Kings, queens and emperors» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 3 · Kings, queens and emperors

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Your teacher's quote card says "Marie Antoinette: Let them eat cake!" How could you raise it kindly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** quote card, them, you · **What happens:** say, let, eat, raise · **To what, where:** Marie Antoinette, them, cake · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 19 «Kings, queens and emperors» of the myths 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/myths/19-kings-queens-and-emperors/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your teacher's quote card says "Marie Antoinette: Let them eat cake!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t3:1
# text = Your teacher's quote card says "Marie Antoinette: Let them eat cake!"
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	quote	quote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Marie	Marie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Antoinette	Antoinette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
11	Let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Your teacher's quote card | Marie Antoinette |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **eat** *in a quote* | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | cake |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=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.

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*Sentence 2:* How could you raise it kindly?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t3:2
# text = How could you raise it kindly?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	raise	raise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | could | you | cake |  |  |  | kindly *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Rip the card off the wall at break time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t3:o1:1
# text = Rip the card off the wall at break time
1	Rip	rip	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rip** | imperative | you *not said here* | the card |  |  | time | off the wall | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent card=Patient off wall=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"That's rubbish, Miss, everybody knows it's fake!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t3:o2:1
# text = "That's rubbish, Miss, everybody knows it's fake!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Miss	Miss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	_
9	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | rubbish |  |  |  | Miss *nmod* | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | everybody |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | rubbish |  |  |  |  | fake *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Say nothing, because quote cards are always right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t3:o3:1
# text = Say nothing, because quote cards are always right
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	quote	quote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | quote cards |  |  |  |  | always, right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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"Miss, I read there's no evidence she said it. Could we check?"

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*Sentence 1:* "Miss, I read there's no evidence she said it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t3:o4:1
# text = "Miss, I read there's no evidence she said it.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Miss	Miss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** *in a quote* | past | I |  |  |  |  | Miss *vocative* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | no evidence |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | evidence | it |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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*Sentence 2:* Could we check?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t3:o4:2
# text = Could we check?"
1	Could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | could | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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