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title: Did the prince really fool everyone with the hammering? — Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the prince really fool everyone with the hammering? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1293 «Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go down the well, and the prince forges three crowns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go d…

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Did the prince really fool everyone with the hammering?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** fool · **To what, where:** everyone

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1293 «Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go down the well, and the prince forges three crowns» 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/1293-pg3454-part18/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t3:1
# text = Did the prince really fool everyone with the hammering?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fool	fool	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hammering	hammering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | past · do-support | the prince | everyone |  |  |  | with the hammering | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yeah, he hammered loudly and pitched scraps out of the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t3:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he hammered loudly and pitched scraps out of the window
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hammered	hammer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	pitched	pitch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	scraps	scrap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hammer** | past | he |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pitch** | past | he *not said here* | scraps |  | the window |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent scrap=Theme out window=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, he banged away and tossed scraps out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t3:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he banged away and tossed scraps out
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	banged	bang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	tossed	toss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	scraps	scrap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bang away** | past | he |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn work-73.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **toss** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **scrap out** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, just noise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t3:o3:1
# text = Nah, just noise
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Yeah, he hammered all night and chucked bits out the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t3:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he hammered all night and chucked bits out the window
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hammered	hammer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	chucked	chuck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hammer** | past | he |  |  |  | night |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **chuck out** | past | he *not said here* | bits |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent bit=Destination window=Theme |

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