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title: Bruv, what was the ting in the labyrinth, them hands sticking out? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what was the ting in the labyrinth, them hands sticking out? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1697 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 21: the Prince is wrecked and finds a land of doomed lovers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 4 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 21: the…

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Bruv, what was the ting in the labyrinth, them hands sticking out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bruv, Bruv hands · **What happens:** be, stick out · **To what, where:** ting, labyrinth

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1697 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 21: the Prince is wrecked and finds a land of doomed lovers» 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/1697-pg640-part21/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1697-pg640-part21:t4:1
# text = Bruv, what was the ting in the labyrinth, them hands sticking out?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ting	ting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	labyrinth	labyrinth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
12	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	sticking	stick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Bruv  them | the ting |  | the labyrinth |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stick out** | gerund | Bruv hands |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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Loads of hands poking out of the soil wearing bracelets and bits of cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1697-pg640-part21:t4:o1:1
# text = Loads of hands poking out of the soil wearing bracelets and bits of cloth
1	Loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	poking	poke	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
10	bracelets	bracelet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poke out** | gerund | Loads of hands | the soil |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent soil=Theme |
| 2 | **wear** | gerund | Loads of hands *not said here* | bracelets and bits of cloth |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bracelet=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hands with names carved on them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1697-pg640-part21:t4:o2:1
# text = Hands with names carved on them
1	Hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | participle |  | names *not said here* |  |  |  | on names *= name* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on they=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hands sticking up from the ground, with gold bracelets engraved with names

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1697-pg640-part21:t4:o3:1
# text = Hands sticking up from the ground, with gold bracelets engraved with names
1	Hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	sticking	stick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bracelets	bracelet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
11	engraved	engrave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick up** | gerund | Hands and gold bracelets *not said here* |  |  | the ground |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **engrave** | participle |  | gold bracelets *not said here* |  |  |  | with names | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with name=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hands with gold bracelets and names

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1697-pg640-part21:t4:o4:1
# text = Hands with gold bracelets and names
1	Hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bracelets	bracelet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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