--- title: Oi, when the boy showed the ring, who was gobsmacked? — English Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-C… · tree and pragmatics description: Oi, when the boy showed the ring, who was gobsmacked? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 261 «English Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf: the boy kills the dragon and wins the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/261-pg14241-part28/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-C…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/261-pg14241-part28/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf: the boy kills t… Oi, when the boy showed the ring, who was gobsmacked? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Oi · **What happens:** show, gobsmack · **To what, where:** ring This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 261 «English Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf: the boy kills the dragon and wins the princess» 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/261-pg14241-part28/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:261-pg14241-part28:t12:1 # text = Oi, when the boy showed the ring, who was gobsmacked? 1 Oi oi NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 gobsmacked gobsmack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | past | Oi | the ring | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ring=Recipient | | 2 | **gobsmack** | past · passive | | the ring | | | | | tree rules | 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} the other gentlemen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:261-pg14241-part28:t12:o1:1 # text = the other gentlemen 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 gentlemen gentleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the posh gents who'd brought their tongues ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:261-pg14241-part28:t12:o2:1 # text = the posh gents who'd brought their tongues 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 posh posh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 gents gent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | the posh gents | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination tongue=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} the other lords ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:261-pg14241-part28:t12:o3:1 # text = the other lords 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the king and all the other fine gentlemen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:261-pg14241-part28:t12:o4:1 # text = the king and all the other fine gentlemen 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 gentlemen gentleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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