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title: What did the prince tell everyone his dad did, like, for real? — Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the prince tell everyone his dad did, like, for real? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1240 «Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, part 41: the prince climbs to the princess's window» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, part 41: the prince cl…

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What did the prince tell everyone his dad did, like, for real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** prince, dad · **What happens:** tell, do · **To what, where:** everyone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1240 «Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, part 41: the prince climbs to the princess's window» 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/1240-pg3282-part41/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:t7:1
# text = What did the prince tell everyone his dad did, like, for real?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	iobj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the prince |  | everyone |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past | prince's dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «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 {#o1}

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Looked after horses for the king, and boasted of it loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:t7:o1:1
# text = Looked after horses for the king, and boasted of it loudly
1	Looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	after	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	boasted	boast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past |  |  |  |  | after horses | for the king | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for king=Theme |
| 2 | **boast** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | of it; loudly *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Kept the royal stables in order

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:t7:o2:1
# text = Kept the royal stables in order
1	Kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past |  | the royal stables |  | order |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent stable=Theme in order=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Looked after horses for the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:t7:o3:1
# text = Looked after horses for the king
1	Looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	after	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past |  |  |  |  | after horses | for the king | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for king=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Looked after horses for the king, the richest man in the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:t7:o4:1
# text = Looked after horses for the king, the richest man in the land
1	Looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	after	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	richest	rich	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past |  |  |  |  | after horses | for the king and the richest man in the land | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for king=Theme |

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