--- title: what did the old man say the prince was, like, the whole time? — fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man… · tree and pragmatics description: what did the old man say the prince was, like, the whole time? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1764 «fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man's House, part 15: the prince is set a hay task and tricks a horse and a cow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1764-pg641-part15/t8/) [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, The Prince in the Old Man…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1764-pg641-part15/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man's House, part 15: t… what did the old man say the prince was, like, the whole time? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old man, prince · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** whole time · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1764 «fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man's House, part 15: the prince is set a hay task and tricks a horse and a cow» 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/1764-pg641-part15/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1764-pg641-part15:t8:1 # text = what did the old man say the prince was, like, the whole time? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 like like INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the old man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | past | the prince | the whole time | | | | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A dog of a servant ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1764-pg641-part15:t8:o1:1 # text = A dog of a servant 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A lazy boy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1764-pg641-part15:t8:o2:1 # text = A lazy boy 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A stupid servant ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1764-pg641-part15:t8:o3:1 # text = A stupid servant 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A cursed prince ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1764-pg641-part15:t8:o4:1 # text = A cursed prince 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 cursed curse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **curse** | participle | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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