--- title: Did the king ever find out the Man-eater was really in the coffin? — Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63:… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the king ever find out the Man-eater was really in the coffin? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1674 «Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops her veil and ring, and Ciccu must fetch the veil» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1674-pg5615-part63/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1674-pg5615-part63/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops… Did the king ever find out the Man-eater was really in the coffin? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Man eater · **What happens:** do, find out, be · **To what, where:** king, coffin · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1674 «Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops her veil and ring, and Ciccu must fetch the veil» 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/1674-pg5615-part63/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t12:1 # text = Did the king ever find out the Man-eater was really in the coffin? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ 5 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 eater eater NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 12 really really ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 coffin coffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the king | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality | | 2 | **find out** | infinitive | | | | | ever | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | the Man eater | | | the coffin | | | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yeah, he saw him and locked the lid ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t12:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he saw him and locked the lid 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | he | him *= he* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **lock** | past | he *not said here* | the lid | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, he saw Ciccu and opened it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t12:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he saw Ciccu and opened it 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Ciccu Ciccu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | he | Ciccu | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ciccu=Stimulus | | 2 | **open** | past | he *not said here* | it | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, he thought it was Ciccu, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t12:o3:1 # text = Nah, he thought it was Ciccu, mate 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 Ciccu Ciccu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | Ciccu | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, he saw him and locked the lid, then he got nicked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t12:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he saw him and locked the lid, then he got nicked 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 nicked nick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | he | him *= he* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **lock** | past | he *not said here* | the lid | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Patient | | 3 | **nick** | past · passive | | he | | | then | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | **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. 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