--- title: so the king died when he was twelve? — PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend… · tree and pragmatics description: so the king died when he was twelve? Test 9 · ★ 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 question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/721-pg2435-part61/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the princ… so the king died when he was twelve? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** die, be · **To what, where:** twelve This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:721-pg2435-part61:t9:1 # text = so the king died when he was twelve? 1 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | the king | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **is a** | past | king | twelve | | | | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} yeah, that's when his dad bounced ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:721-pg2435-part61:t9:o1:1 # text = yeah, that's when his dad bounced 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 bounced bounce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that | | | | | when *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bounce** | past | his dad | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, the dad was grumpy then ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:721-pg2435-part61:t9:o2:1 # text = yeah, the dad was grumpy then 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 grumpy grumpy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the dad | | | | then | grumpy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, that was when his mum left ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:721-pg2435-part61:t9:o3:1 # text = nah, that was when his mum left 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | that | | | | | when *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** | past | his mum | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} nah, he was older ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:721-pg2435-part61:t9:o4:1 # text = nah, he was older 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 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | **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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