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title: Ngl, how'd the prince get rid of the maid? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jack My Hedgehog,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, how'd the prince get rid of the maid? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1929 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jack My Hedgehog, part 66: the Prince outwits the Princess, and a hedgehog-boy rides a cock to the forest» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jack My Hedgehog, part 66: the Prince…

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Ngl, how'd the prince get rid of the maid?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** get

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1929 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jack My Hedgehog, part 66: the Prince outwits the Princess, and a hedgehog-boy rides a cock to the forest» 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/1929-pg7277-part66/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1929-pg7277-part66:t2:1
# text = Ngl, how'd the prince get rid of the maid?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	rid	rid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the prince |  |  |  |  | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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he threw her out the window and off the castle wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1929-pg7277-part66:t2:o1:1
# text = he threw her out the window and off the castle wall
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw out** | past | he | the window | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination window=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he kicked her out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1929-pg7277-part66:t2:o2:1
# text = he kicked her out
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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he whipped her off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1929-pg7277-part66:t2:o3:1
# text = he whipped her off
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	whipped	whip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whip off** | past | he | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent she=Material |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he dragged her out of the room by her hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1929-pg7277-part66:t2:o4:1
# text = he dragged her out of the room by her hair
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | past | he | her *= she* |  | the room |  | by her hair | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent she=Theme out room=Initial\_Location |

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