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title: Ok but why did the girl's ring get stuck, fr? — Grimm, Cinderella, part 30: three feas… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ok but why did the girl's ring get stuck, fr? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1533 «Grimm, Cinderella, part 30: three feasts, three tasks and a lost ring, slipper and circlet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 2 · ★ · Grimm, Cinderella, part 30: three feasts, three tasks and…

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Ok but why did the girl's ring get stuck, fr?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, get · **To what, where:** ring, stuck fr

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1533 «Grimm, Cinderella, part 30: three feasts, three tasks and a lost ring, slipper and circlet» 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/1533-pg540-part30/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1533-pg540-part30:t2:1
# text = Ok but why did the girl's ring get stuck, fr?
1	Ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the girl's ring |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | present |  | stuck fr |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fr=Stimulus |

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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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Someone smeared tar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1533-pg540-part30:t2:o1:1
# text = Someone smeared tar
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	smeared	smear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tar	tar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smear** | past | Someone | tar |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tar=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The latch was coated with tar by the guard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1533-pg540-part30:t2:o2:1
# text = The latch was coated with tar by the guard
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	latch	latch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	coated	coat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tar	tar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **coat** | past · passive | the guard | the latch |  |  |  | with tar | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Destination with tar=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The latch was too tight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1533-pg540-part30:t2:o3:1
# text = The latch was too tight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	latch	latch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the latch |  |  |  |  | tight *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The Prince had the latch smeared with tar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1533-pg540-part30:t2:o4:1
# text = The Prince had the latch smeared with tar
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	latch	latch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	smeared	smear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	tar	tar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **smear** | past | the latch |  |  |  |  | with tar | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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