--- title: Was the keeper a proper nice bloke to the Prince? — Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the keeper a proper nice bloke to the Prince? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1479 «Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed prince becomes a monster and then a little dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1479-pg503-part66/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1479-pg503-part66/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed pri… Was the keeper a proper nice bloke to the Prince? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** keeper This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1479 «Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed prince becomes a monster and then a little dog» 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/1479-pg503-part66/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t3:1 # text = Was the keeper a proper nice bloke to the Prince? 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 keeper keeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bloke bloke NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the keeper | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yeah, he was kind and fair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t3:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he was kind and fair 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he was quite strict ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t3:o2:1 # text = Nah, he was quite strict 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 quite quite ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 strict strict ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | strict *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Nah, he beat him for nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t3:o3:1 # text = Nah, he beat him for nothing 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | past | he | him *= he* | | | | for nothing | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he beat him for nothing, then locked him in a dark cellar for weeks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t3:o4:1 # text = Nah, he beat him for nothing, then locked him in a dark cellar for weeks 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | past | he | him *= he* | | | | for nothing | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | | 2 | **lock** | past | he *not said here* | him *= he* | | a dark cellar | then; week | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | **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. 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