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title: How did the foal finish off the magician, like, properly? — Slavonic Tales, The Magic Ring, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did the foal finish off the magician, like, properly? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1717 «Slavonic Tales, The Magic Ring, part 1: Martin spends his mother's money on a dog and a cat» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 11 · ★ · Slavonic Tales, The Magic Ring, part 1: Martin spends his…

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How did the foal finish off the magician, like, properly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** foal · **What happens:** finish off · **To what, where:** magician

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1717 «Slavonic Tales, The Magic Ring, part 1: Martin spends his mother's money on a dog and a cat» 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/1717-pg640-part41/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1717-pg640-part41:t11:1
# text = How did the foal finish off the magician, like, properly?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	foal	foal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finish off** | past · do-support | the foal | the magician |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector magician=Eventuality |

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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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Kicked him up into the sky and let him fall far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1717-pg640-part41:t11:o1:1
# text = Kicked him up into the sky and let him fall far away
1	Kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick up** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | into the sky *result* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Patient into sky=Result |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Kicked and stamped him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1717-pg640-part41:t11:o2:1
# text = Kicked and stamped him
1	Kicked	kick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	stamped	stamp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **stamp** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Trampled him in the mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1717-pg640-part41:t11:o3:1
# text = Trampled him in the mud
1	Trampled	trample	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trample** | past |  | him *= he* |  | the mud |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bit and kicked him hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1717-pg640-part41:t11:o4:1
# text = Bit and kicked him hard
1	Bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past |  | Bit |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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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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