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title: What's the bit where the bells went off, proper gutted? — The Violet Fairy Book, How the Dragon… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's the bit where the bells went off, proper gutted? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1613 «The Violet Fairy Book, How the Dragon Was Tricked, part 2: a clever youth tricks a king, a shepherd and a dragon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 5 · ★ · The Violet Fairy Book, How the Dragon Was Tricked, part 2:…

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What's the bit where the bells went off, proper gutted?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bit, bells · **What happens:** be, go off, gut

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1613 «The Violet Fairy Book, How the Dragon Was Tricked, part 2: a clever youth tricks a king, a shepherd and a dragon» 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/1613-pg5615-part2/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1613-pg5615-part2:t5:1
# text = What's the bit where the bells went off, proper gutted?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the bit |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go off** | past | the bells |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **gut** | participle | the bells *not said here* |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 little bells gave him away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1613-pg5615-part2:t5:o1:1
# text = The little bells gave him away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give away** | past | the little bells |  | him *= he* |  |  | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The kettle chain rang loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1613-pg5615-part2:t5:o2:1
# text = The kettle chain rang loud
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past | the kettle chain |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The bells on the bed covering rang out and the dragon woke up in a rage

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1613-pg5615-part2:t5:o3:1
# text = The bells on the bed covering rang out and the dragon woke up in a rage
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	covering	cover	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | gerund | the bed *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **ring out** | past | the bells on the bed |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **wake up** | past | the dragon |  |  | a rage |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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The bed covering ringing gave him away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1613-pg5615-part2:t5:o4:1
# text = The bed covering ringing gave him away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	covering	cover	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	ringing	ring	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | gerund | the bed *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ring** | gerund | the bed *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **give away** | past | the bed |  | him *= he* |  |  | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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