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title: Mate, so he nicked the bottle and then dotted the Wise Man? Proper c… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, so he nicked the bottle and then dotted the Wise Man? Proper cheeky, innit? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1279 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins the princess, then dies on the bridge of Dublin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins th…

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Mate, so he nicked the bottle and then dotted the Wise Man? Proper cheeky, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** nick, dot, innit · **To what, where:** bottle, Wise Man

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1279 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins the princess, then dies on the bridge of Dublin» 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/1279-pg3454-part4/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mate, so he nicked the bottle and then dotted the Wise Man?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:t3:1
# text = Mate, so he nicked the bottle and then dotted the Wise Man?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	dotted	dot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past | he | the bottle |  |  |  | Mate *vocative* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottle=Patient |
| 2 | **dot** | past | he *not said here* |  | the Wise Man |  | then |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme man=Destination |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Proper cheeky, innit?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:t3:2
# text = Proper cheeky, innit?
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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two dots on the Wise Man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:t3:o1:1
# text = two dots on the Wise Man
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	dots	dot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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two black dots on the Wise Man's cheek and one on the king's sleeve

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:t3:o2:1
# text = two black dots on the Wise Man's cheek and one on the king's sleeve
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dots	dot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Man	Man	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	cheek	cheek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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he dotted the Wise Man twice and then ran off with the bottle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:t3:o3:1
# text = he dotted the Wise Man twice and then ran off with the bottle
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dotted	dot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dot** | past | he |  | the Wise Man |  |  | twice *property* | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Destination |
| 2 | **run off** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  | then | with the bottle | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with bottle=Material |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he stole the king's ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:t3:o4:1
# text = he stole the king's ring
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	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	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | he | the king's ring |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ring=Theme |

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