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title: Yo, did Darling seriously kick his little dog? — Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, did Darling seriously kick his little dog? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1478 «Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his dog, is pricked by the ring, and Celia vanishes from her locked room» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his do…

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Yo, did Darling seriously kick his little dog?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Darling · **What happens:** kick · **To what, where:** little dog

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1478 «Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his dog, is pricked by the ring, and Celia vanishes from her locked room» 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/1478-pg503-part65/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t1:1
# text = Yo, did Darling seriously kick his little dog?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	Darling	Darling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	kick	kick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past · do-support | Darling | Darling's little dog |  |  |  | seriously *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent dog=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 {#o1}

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Nope, he kicked Bibi so hard she flew across the room, and then the ring pricked him three times

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t1:o1:1
# text = Nope, he kicked Bibi so hard she flew across the room, and then the ring pricked him three times
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Bibi	Bibi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	across	across	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	pricked	prick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past | he | Bibi |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bibi=Patient |
| 2 | **fly** | past | Bibi |  |  | the room |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across room=Trajectory |
| 3 | **prick** | past | the ring | him *= he* |  |  | then; time |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Yeah, kicked Bibi hard, then his ring totally pricked him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, kicked Bibi hard, then his ring totally pricked him
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Bibi	Bibi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	pricked	prick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past |  | Bibi |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bibi=Patient |
| 2 | **prick** | past | Bibi's ring | Bibi |  |  | then | totally *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he kicked his dog and the ring stung him, kinda

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he kicked his dog and the ring stung him, kinda
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	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stung	sting	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past | he | his dog |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent dog=Patient |
| 2 | **sting** | past | the ring | dog |  |  |  | kinda *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he kicked poor Bibi really hard, and then his ring pricked his finger like crazy, so he got mad

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he kicked poor Bibi really hard, and then his ring pricked his finger like crazy, so he got mad
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	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Bibi	Bibi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	pricked	prick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	crazy	crazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
23	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past | he | poor Bibi |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bibi=Patient |
| 2 | **prick** | past | Bibi's ring | Bibi's finger |  |  | then | like crazy | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer finger=Patient |
| 3 | **get** | past | Bibi |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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