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title: Was the prince a spoilt kid or what? How was he with his way? — Fairy Book, The Golden Hen, part 37: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the prince a spoilt kid or what? How was he with his way? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1236 «Fairy Book, The Golden Hen, part 37: a gardener's boy sets out to find a golden hen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Golden Hen, part 37: a gardener's boy sets…

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Was the prince a spoilt kid or what? How was he with his way?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** prince

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1236 «Fairy Book, The Golden Hen, part 37: a gardener's boy sets out to find a golden hen» 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/1236-pg3282-part37/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Was the prince a spoilt kid or what?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1236-pg3282-part37:t6:1
# text = Was the prince a spoilt kid or what?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	csubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	spoilt	spoilt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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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 was he with his way?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1236-pg3282-part37:t6:2
# text = How was he with his way?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | kid |  |  |  |  | with kid's way | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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spoilt rotten and never once told no

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1236-pg3282-part37:t6:o1:1
# text = spoilt rotten and never once told no
1	spoilt	spoilt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rotten	rotten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past |  | no |  |  |  | once *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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spoilt and allowed his way by all his servants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1236-pg3282-part37:t6:o2:1
# text = spoilt and allowed his way by all his servants
1	spoilt	spoilt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	allowed	allow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | past |  | his way |  |  |  | by his servants | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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hard working and quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1236-pg3282-part37:t6:o3:1
# text = hard working and quiet
1	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	working	working	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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spoilt and allowed his way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1236-pg3282-part37:t6:o4:1
# text = spoilt and allowed his way
1	spoilt	spoilt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	allowed	allow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | past · passive |  | spoilt |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal way=Theme |

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