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title: Dude, what did Ciccu actually whack the princess with to get his pur… — Italian Tales, Ciccu, part 62: a beati… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, what did Ciccu actually whack the princess with to get his purse back? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1673 «Italian Tales, Ciccu, part 62: a beating, a fig trade and a royal job» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 1 · ★ · Italian Tales, Ciccu, part 62: a beating, a fig trade and…

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Dude, what did Ciccu actually whack the princess with to get his purse back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ciccu · **What happens:** whack, get back · **To what, where:** Dude, purse

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1673 «Italian Tales, Ciccu, part 62: a beating, a fig trade and a royal job» 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/1673-pg5615-part62/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1673-pg5615-part62:t1:1
# text = Dude, what did Ciccu actually whack the princess with to get his purse back?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	Ciccu	Ciccu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	whack	whack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whack** | past · do-support | Ciccu | Dude |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent what=Patient princess=Result |
| 2 | **get back** | to-infinitive | Ciccu *not said here* | Ciccu's purse |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer purse=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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A thick stick hidden under his coat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1673-pg5615-part62:t1:o1:1
# text = A thick stick hidden under his coat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  | a thick stick *not said here* |  | his coat |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under coat=Location |

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

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A thick stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1673-pg5615-part62:t1:o2:1
# text = A thick stick
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A sharp knife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1673-pg5615-part62:t1:o3:1
# text = A sharp knife
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A thick iron bar taken from the stable door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1673-pg5615-part62:t1:o4:1
# text = A thick iron bar taken from the stable door
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bar	bar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	stable	stable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | participle |  | a thick iron bar *not said here* |  | the stable door |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from door=Initial\_Location |

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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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