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title: In a video game, a king orders anything he wants and nobody can say… — Kings, queens and emperors · tree and pragmatics
description: In a video game, a king orders anything he wants and nobody can say no. What would a real king have needed? Test 7 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 wro
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# Test 7 · Kings, queens and emperors

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In a video game, a king orders anything he wants and nobody can say no. What would a real king have needed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king, nobody · **What happens:** order, want, say, need · **To what, where:** anything, video game, no. · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t7:1
# text = In a video game, a king orders anything he wants and nobody can say no. What would a real king have needed?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	orders	order	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	15	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
16	no.	no.	NOUN	NN	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | present | a king | anything |  | a video game |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | present | king |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | can | nobody | no. |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **need** | would · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The support of nobles, money, armies and the law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t7:o1:1
# text = The support of nobles, money, armies and the law
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	nobles	noble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	armies	army	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **support** |  |  | nobles |  |  |  |  | nom support «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing at all, because kings were above every single rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t7:o2:1
# text = Nothing at all, because kings were above every single rule
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	above	above	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
10	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | kings |  |  | every single rule |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only a big golden crown and a very loud commanding voice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t7:o3:1
# text = Only a big golden crown and a very loud commanding voice
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	commanding	command	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **command** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A vote of all the children in the kingdom, held every spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t7:o4:1
# text = A vote of all the children in the kingdom, held every spring
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle · passive |  | a vote of all children in the kingdom |  |  | spring |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **vote** |  |  | all children in the kingdom |  |  |  |  | nom vote «act transitive»: of=patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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