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title: The toe with the ring on, did it get chucked in the pond or the bin? — Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: The toe with the ring on, did it get chucked in the pond or the bin? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1518 «Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: the Thief's last tale saves the youngest prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 5 · ★ · Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: t…

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The toe with the ring on, did it get chucked in the pond or the bin?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** chuck · **To what, where:** toe, pond

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1518 «Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: the Thief's last tale saves the youngest prince» 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/1518-pg540-part15/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1518-pg540-part15:t5:1
# text = The toe with the ring on, did it get chucked in the pond or the bin?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toe	toe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	chucked	chuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck** | past · passive · do-support |  | the toe and the ring |  | the pond or the bin |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in pond=Destination |

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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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the bin, with the ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1518-pg540-part15:t5:o1:1
# text = the bin, with the ring
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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the pond, with the ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1518-pg540-part15:t5:o2:1
# text = the pond, with the ring
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the fish-pond, and the ring went in with it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1518-pg540-part15:t5:o3:1
# text = the fish-pond, and the ring went in with it
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go in** | past | the fish pond |  |  |  |  | with ring | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with it=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the pond, together with the enchanted ring still on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1518-pg540-part15:t5:o4:1
# text = the pond, together with the enchanted ring still on it
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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