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title: What happens to people the Knight catches? — West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bell… · tree and pragmatics
description: What happens to people the Knight catches? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1516 «West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the three princes set out with the Thief of Sloan to reach the Knight's castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 7 · ★ · West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the thre…

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What happens to people the Knight catches?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Knight · **What happens:** happen, catch · **To what, where:** people

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1516 «West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the three princes set out with the Thief of Sloan to reach the Knight's castle» 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/1516-pg540-part13/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:t7:1
# text = What happens to people the Knight catches?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to people | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **catch** | present | the Knight | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They get burned up in a hot pit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:t7:o1:1
# text = They get burned up in a hot pit
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn up** | present · passive |  | They |  | a hot pit |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They get boiled alive in a red-hot furnace in the Glen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:t7:o2:1
# text = They get boiled alive in a red-hot furnace in the Glen
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	boiled	boil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	furnace	furnace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Glen	Glen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  | in a red hot furnace in the Glen; alive *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in furnace=Instrument |

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

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They get boiled in a red-hot furnace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:t7:o3:1
# text = They get boiled in a red-hot furnace
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	boiled	boil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	furnace	furnace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  | in a hot furnace | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in furnace=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They end up roasted in a big pit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:t7:o4:1
# text = They end up roasted in a big pit
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	end	end	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	roasted	roast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **roast** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in a big pit | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient in pit=Instrument |

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