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title: Was he spying on the wicked King's war stuff, like proper dodgy? — Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was he spying on the wicked King's war stuff, like proper dodgy? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1894 «Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is cast out, gets a magic ring, and spies on the wicked King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is…

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Was he spying on the wicked King's war stuff, like proper dodgy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** spy · **To what, where:** war stuff

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1894 «Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is cast out, gets a magic ring, and spies on the wicked 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/1894-pg7277-part31/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:t10:1
# text = Was he spying on the wicked King's war stuff, like proper dodgy?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spying	spy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spy** | past · progressive | he |  |  | the wicked King's war stuff |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Nah, he just watched from the trees and did nothing, boring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:t10:o1:1
# text = Nah, he just watched from the trees and did nothing, boring
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | he |  |  | the trees |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | past | he *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he found out their plans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:t10:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he found out their plans
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	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find out** | past | he | their plans |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Topic |
| 2 | **plan** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yeah, he sussed out all their schemes and told the people, sorted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:t10:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he sussed out all their schemes and told the people, sorted
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	sussed	sus	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	schemes	scheme	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	sorted	sort	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sus out** | past | he | their schemes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | he *not said here* |  | the people |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient |
| 3 | **sort** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **scheme** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom scheme «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he sussed out all their schemes, sorted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:t10:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he sussed out all their schemes, sorted
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	sussed	sus	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	schemes	scheme	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	sorted	sort	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sus out** | past | he | their schemes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sort** | participle |  | their schemes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **scheme** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom scheme «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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