--- title: Bet the colt was well mean, what did the prince do? — Lang's Fairy Book, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Bet the colt was well mean, what did the prince do? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1813 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Prince and the Doves: the prince escapes his father's trap, forgets his bride, and wins her back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1813-pg641-part64/t12/) [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/) / [Lang's Fairy Book, The Prince and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1813-pg641-part64/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, The Prince and the Doves: the prince es… Bet the colt was well mean, what did the prince do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, colt, prince · **What happens:** bet, mean, do · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1813 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Prince and the Doves: the prince escapes his father's trap, forgets his bride, and wins her back» 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/1813-pg641-part64/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1813-pg641-part64:t12:1 # text = Bet the colt was well mean, what did the prince do? 1 Bet bet VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 colt colt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bet** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn risk-94 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **mean** | past | the colt | | | | | well *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** | past · do-support | the prince | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} He sold it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1813-pg641-part64:t12:o1:1 # text = He sold it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | past | He | it | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He left the colt alone and went off to find his bride ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1813-pg641-part64:t12:o2:1 # text = He left the colt alone and went off to find his bride 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 colt colt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 alone alone ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | He | the colt | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colt=Theme | | 2 | **go off** | past | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his bride | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Topic | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Gave it a proper beating ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1813-pg641-part64:t12:o3:1 # text = Gave it a proper beating 1 Gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 beating beating NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | | it | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient beating=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He fed it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1813-pg641-part64:t12:o4:1 # text = He fed it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | past | He | it | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme | **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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