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title: Did the little fella actually slap her or what? — Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the little fella actually slap her or what? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1985 «Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb and Guleesh hides her at the priest's house» 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 2 · ★ · Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb…

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Did the little fella actually slap her or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little fella · **What happens:** slap · **To what, where:** her

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1985 «Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb and Guleesh hides her at the priest's house» 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/1985-pg7885-part4/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t2:1
# text = Did the little fella actually slap her or what?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fella	fella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	slap	slap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slap** | past · do-support | the little fella | her *= she* |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Instrument |

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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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Yeah, he absolutely smacked her one right across the side of the head, mate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t2:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he absolutely smacked her one right across the side of the head, mate
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	smacked	smack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
8	right	right	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smack** | past | he | her *= she* |  | the one side of the head and mate |  | absolutely *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

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

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Yeah, bang on the side of her head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t2:o2:1
# text = Yeah, bang on the side of her head
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bang	bang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nah, he gave her a clip on the chin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t2:o3:1
# text = Nah, he gave her a clip on the chin
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	clip	clip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	chin	chin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | he | a clip | her *= she* | the chin |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clip=Theme on chin=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, slapped her round the ear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t2:o4:1
# text = Yeah, slapped her round the ear
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	slapped	slap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slap** | past |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | round the ear | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Instrument |

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