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title: Wait, what even were the girdle-cakes he nicked? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Q… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what even were the girdle-cakes he nicked? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1838 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens, part 22: the lad wins the Jogi's cow and goes off to marry, but shoots pigeons on the way» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 2 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens, part 22: the…

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Wait, what even were the girdle-cakes he nicked?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be, nick · **To what, where:** girdle cakes

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1838 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens, part 22: the lad wins the Jogi's cow and goes off to marry, but shoots pigeons on the way» 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/1838-pg7128-part22/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1838-pg7128-part22:t2:1
# text = Wait, what even were the girdle-cakes he nicked?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	girdle	girdle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	nicked	nick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the girdle cakes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **nick** | participle · passive |  | the girdle cakes |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary what=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Flat cakes cooked on a hot griddle, proper sick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1838-pg7128-part22:t2:o1:1
# text = Flat cakes cooked on a hot griddle, proper sick
1	Flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
3	cooked	cook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	griddle	griddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | participle |  | Flat cakes *not said here* |  |  |  | on a hot griddle | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient on griddle=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Biscuits baked for the king, dead good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1838-pg7128-part22:t2:o2:1
# text = Biscuits baked for the king, dead good
1	Biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	baked	bake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bake** | participle |  | Biscuits *not said here* |  |  |  | for the king | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for king=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cakes fried in oil, bare tasty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1838-pg7128-part22:t2:o3:1
# text = Cakes fried in oil, bare tasty
1	Cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	fried	fry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tasty	tasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fry** | participle |  | Cakes *not said here* |  |  |  | in oil | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient in oil=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bread, proper nice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1838-pg7128-part22:t2:o4:1
# text = Bread, proper nice
1	Bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
```

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

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