--- title: Was the poor man getting a proper hiding with the stick, or what? — Portuguese Folk-Tales, The Two Brother… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the poor man getting a proper hiding with the stick, or what? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1307 «Portuguese Folk-Tales, The Two Brothers, part 32: the poor brother jumps from the wall onto a sick old man, and two sons drag him to court» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1307-pg3454-part32/t4/) [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/) / [Portuguese Folk-Tales, The Two Brother…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1307-pg3454-part32/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Portuguese Folk-Tales, The Two Brothers, part 32: the poor… Was the poor man getting a proper hiding with the stick, or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** poor man · **What happens:** be, get · **To what, where:** poor man, proper hiding This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1307 «Portuguese Folk-Tales, The Two Brothers, part 32: the poor brother jumps from the wall onto a sick old man, and two sons drag him to court» 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/1307-pg3454-part32/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1307-pg3454-part32:t4:1 # text = Was the poor man getting a proper hiding with the stick, or what? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 hiding hiding NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the poor man | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | gerund | the poor man *not said here* | a proper hiding | | | | with the stick; the poor man *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hiding=Stimulus | 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} Yeah, till the younger brother came and nicked it off him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1307-pg3454-part32:t4:o1:1 # text = Yeah, till the younger brother came and nicked it off him 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 till till SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 nicked nick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the younger brother | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **nick** | past | the younger brother *not said here* | it | | | | off brother | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme off he=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, till the farmer dropped it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1307-pg3454-part32:t4:o2:1 # text = Yeah, till the farmer dropped it 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 till till SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | past | the farmer | it | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, the muleteer nicked it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1307-pg3454-part32:t4:o3:1 # text = Nah, the muleteer nicked it 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 muleteer muleteer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 nicked nick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nick** | past | the muleteer | it | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, till the younger brother nicked it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1307-pg3454-part32:t4:o4:1 # text = Yeah, till the younger brother nicked it 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 till till SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 nicked nick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nick** | past | the younger brother | it | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | **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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