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title: What's the Steed of Bells' whole deal then? — West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bell… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's the Steed of Bells' whole deal then? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1516 «West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the three princes set out with the Thief of Sloan to reach the Knight's castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 6 · ★ · West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the thre…

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What's the Steed of Bells' whole deal then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Steed · **What happens:** be, deal · **To what, where:** Bells

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1516 «West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the three princes set out with the Thief of Sloan to reach the Knight's castle» 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/1516-pg540-part13/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:t6:1
# text = What's the Steed of Bells' whole deal then?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	Bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Steed of Bells's whole deal |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **deal** |  |  | Bells |  |  |  |  | nom deal «act transitive»: poss=patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A grey horse with silver hooves, dead fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:t6:o1:1
# text = A grey horse with silver hooves, dead fast
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	hooves	hoove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sixty bells on a silk cover, mental loud and it rings all night long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:t6:o2:1
# text = Sixty bells on a silk cover, mental loud and it rings all night long
1	Sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	rings	ring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | present | cover |  |  |  | night | long *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sixty bells on a leather bridle, mental quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:t6:o3:1
# text = Sixty bells on a leather bridle, mental quick
1	Sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bridle	bridle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sixty bells on a silk cover, mental loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:t6:o4:1
# text = Sixty bells on a silk cover, mental loud
1	Sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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