--- title: so the prince was super bored riding solo, yeah? — PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend… · tree and pragmatics description: so the prince was super bored riding solo, yeah? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 721 «PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the prince tests two travelling companions with apples and finds a true friend» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/721-pg2435-part61/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/) / [PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/721-pg2435-part61/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the princ… so the prince was super bored riding solo, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bored riding solo This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 721 «PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the prince tests two travelling companions with apples and finds a true friend» 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/721-pg2435-part61/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:721-pg2435-part61:t3:1 # text = so the prince was super bored riding solo, yeah? 1 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 super super ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 solo solo NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the prince | bored riding solo | | | | super *property* | 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} nah, he was chill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:721-pg2435-part61:t3:o1:1 # text = nah, he was chill 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 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 chill chill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | chill *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, he was totally vibing on his own ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:721-pg2435-part61:t3:o2:1 # text = nah, he was totally vibing on his own 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 aux _ _ 5 totally totally ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 vibing vibe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vibe** | past · progressive | he | | | his own | | totally *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, kinda bored ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:721-pg2435-part61:t3:o3:1 # text = yeah, kinda bored 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 kinda kinda ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yep, he was lowkey dying of boredom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:721-pg2435-part61:t3:o4:1 # text = yep, he was lowkey dying of boredom 1 yep yep 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 aux _ _ 5 lowkey lowkey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 boredom boredom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past · progressive | he | | | | | of boredom | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of boredom=Causer | **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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