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title: ngl, how did the cat finally get the ring back? — Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees fo… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl, how did the cat finally get the ring back? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1835 «Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, part 19: the cat wins back the ring, and the Brahman's wife sets out for the king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 4 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, p…

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ngl, how did the cat finally get the ring back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl · **What happens:** do, get back · **To what, where:** cat, ring

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1835 «Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, part 19: the cat wins back the ring, and the Brahman's wife sets out for the king» 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/1835-pg7128-part19/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t4:1
# text = ngl, how did the cat finally get the ring back?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | ngl | the cat |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get back** | present | ngl *not said here* | the ring |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=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 {#o1}

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bargained with the villagers all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t4:o1:1
# text = bargained with the villagers all night
1	bargained	bargain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bargain** | participle |  |  |  |  | night | with the villagers | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with villager=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the dog gave it back after the king's order and a long apology

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t4:o2:1
# text = the dog gave it back after the king's order and a long apology
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give back** | past | the dog | it |  |  | after the king's order and a long apology |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **order** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
waited until morning, then the kite just dropped it near the village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t4:o3:1
# text = waited until morning, then the kite just dropped it near the village
1	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	near	near	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past |  |  |  |  | morning |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **drop** | past | the kite | it |  | the village | then |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme near village=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
climbed up in the dark and killed the kite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t4:o4:1
# text = climbed up in the dark and killed the kite
1	climbed	climb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | participle |  |  |  | the dark |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Trajectory |
| 2 | **kill** | past |  | the kite |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kite=Theme |

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