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title: Oi, who actually nicked the kid while the Lion and Bear were knacker… — Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, who actually nicked the kid while the Lion and Bear were knackered? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 142 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: a sly Fox steals a kid while two beasts lie wounded» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: a sly Fox…

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Oi, who actually nicked the kid while the Lion and Bear were knackered?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Oi · **What happens:** nick, knacker · **To what, where:** kid, Lion

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 142 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: a sly Fox steals a kid while two beasts lie wounded» 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/142-pg11339-part12/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:t1:1
# text = Oi, who actually nicked the kid while the Lion and Bear were knackered?
1	Oi	Oi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
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	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	Bear	Bear	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	knackered	knacker	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past | Oi | the kid |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Patient |
| 2 | **knacker** | past · passive |  | the Lion and Bear |  |  |  |  | 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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The Wolf, mate, dead sly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:t1:o1:1
# text = The Wolf, mate, dead sly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	sly	sly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Vixen, bruv, proper quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:t1:o2:1
# text = The Vixen, bruv, proper quick
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Vixen	Vixen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
7	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Fox, mate, dead sneaky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:t1:o3:1
# text = The Fox, mate, dead sneaky
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some sneaky fox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:t1:o4:1
# text = Some sneaky fox
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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