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title: Whit's the name o' the spooky stick stuck in the door? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Fisher's S… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whit's the name o' the spooky stick stuck in the door? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1302 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son, part 27: Ian is killed and revived by the deer, then the birds carry him under the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son, part 27: Ian is…

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Whit's the name o' the spooky stick stuck in the door?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whit · **What happens:** be, stick · **To what, where:** name, spooky stick, door

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1302 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son, part 27: Ian is killed and revived by the deer, then the birds carry him under the sea» 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/1302-pg3454-part27/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1302-pg3454-part27:t4:1
# text = Whit's the name o' the spooky stick stuck in the door?
1	Whit	whit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	spooky	spooky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Whit | the name |  |  |  | of the spooky stick | tree rules |
| 2 | **stick** | participle |  | the spooky stick *not said here* |  | the door |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in door=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The thorn o' harm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1302-pg3454-part27:t4:o1:1
# text = The thorn o' harm
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thorn	thorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	_
3	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
5	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **harm** |  | the thorn |  |  |  |  |  | nom harm «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The spike of hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1302-pg3454-part27:t4:o2:1
# text = The spike of hurt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spike	spike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spike** |  | hurt |  |  |  |  |  | nom spike «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The wee cursed stick that the robbers' captain stuck in the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1302-pg3454-part27:t4:o3:1
# text = The wee cursed stick that the robbers' captain stuck in the door
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stick** | participle | the robbers's captain | the wee cursed stick *not said here* |  | the door |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stick=Theme in door=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The spooky iron spike o' cruel hurt stuck in the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1302-pg3454-part27:t4:o4:1
# text = The spooky iron spike o' cruel hurt stuck in the door
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	spooky	spooky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	spike	spike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	8	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
7	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | participle · passive | the spooky iron spike *not said here* | cruel |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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