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title: Is the Prince basically a bad guy now? — Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Is the Prince basically a bad guy now? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1478 «Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his dog, is pricked by the ring, and Celia vanishes from her locked room» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his do…

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Is the Prince basically a bad guy now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Prince

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1478 «Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his dog, is pricked by the ring, and Celia vanishes from her locked room» 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/1478-pg503-part65/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t11:1
# text = Is the Prince basically a bad guy now?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	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 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Kinda, he's still a prince, but he's getting worse each day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t11:o1:1
# text = Kinda, he's still a prince, but he's getting worse each day
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	aux	_	_
12	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
13	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	xcomp	_	_
14	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | a prince |  |  | still | kinda *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present · progressive | a prince |  |  |  | day | bad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Totally, he's turned cruel, he kicked the dog, scared the shepherdess, and doesn't even care about the ring's pricks anymore

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t11:o2:1
# text = Totally, he's turned cruel, he kicked the dog, scared the shepherdess, and doesn't even care about the ring's pricks anymore
1	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
6	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	scared	scare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	shepherdess	shepherdess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
18	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
20	even	even	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
22	about	about	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	's	's	PART	POS	_	24	case	_	_
26	pricks	prick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
27	anymore	anymore	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present · passive | he |  |  |  |  | cruel, totally *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **kick** | past | he | the dog |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent dog=Patient |
| 3 | **scare** | past | he *not said here* | the shepherdess |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus shepherdess=Experiencer |
| 4 | **not** **care** | present · do-support | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the ring's pricks; anymore *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about prick=Stimulus |

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

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Pretty much, he's getting way meaner and forgetting the ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t11:o3:1
# text = Pretty much, he's getting way meaner and forgetting the ring
1	Pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	meaner	mean	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	forgetting	forget	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · progressive | he | way |  |  |  | mean *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus |
| 2 | **forget** | gerund | he *not said here* | the ring |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pretty much, he keeps ignoring the ring's warnings more and more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t11:o4:1
# text = Pretty much, he keeps ignoring the ring's warnings more and more
1	Pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	ignoring	ignore	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	warnings	warning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
11	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ignore** | gerund | he *not said here* | the ring's warnings |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme |
| 3 | **warn** |  |  | the ring |  |  |  |  | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=patient |

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