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title: Was the ring thing just a laugh or was it for real, like? — More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Believing… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the ring thing just a laugh or was it for real, like? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1334 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Believing Husbands: three silly husbands are tricked by clever wives, and one of them runs naked to a burial» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 4 · ★ · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Believing Husbands: three sil…

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Was the ring thing just a laugh or was it for real, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** ring thing, laugh

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1334 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Believing Husbands: three silly husbands are tricked by clever wives, and one of them runs naked to a burial» 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/1334-pg3454-part59/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1334-pg3454-part59:t4:1
# text = Was the ring thing just a laugh or was it for real, like?
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	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	csubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the ring thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | laugh |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Just a laugh at first, but the wife who tricked her husband best got the gold ring for real in the end.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1334-pg3454-part59:t4:o1:1
# text = Just a laugh at first, but the wife who tricked her husband best got the gold ring for real in the end.
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	11	advmod	_	_
15	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	obl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | the wife | wife's husband |  |  |  | well *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Patient |
| 2 | **get** | past | a laugh | the gold ring |  |  |  | for real | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent ring=Theme for real=Source |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was for real, the one who fooled hubby best.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1334-pg3454-part59:t4:o2:1
# text = It was for real, the one who fooled hubby best.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	fooled	fool	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	hubby	hubby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | for the real one | tree rules |
| 2 | **fool** | past | the real one | hubby |  |  |  | well *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hubby=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was for real, the wife who tricked her husband best got the ring

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1334-pg3454-part59:t4:o3:1
# text = It was for real, the wife who tricked her husband best got the ring
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	9	advmod	_	_
13	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **trick** | past | the wife | wife's husband |  |  |  | well *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Patient |
| 3 | **get** | past | the wife | the ring |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was for real, the wife who tricked her husband best got the ring, and the others got nothing at all.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1334-pg3454-part59:t4:o4:1
# text = It was for real, the wife who tricked her husband best got the ring, and the others got nothing at all.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	9	advmod	_	_
13	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
20	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
21	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	20	obj	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **trick** | past | the wife | wife's husband |  |  |  | well *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Patient |
| 3 | **get** | past | the wife | the ring |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus |
| 4 | **get** | past | the others | nothing |  | all |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme at all=Asset |

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