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title: Mate, did the hippos get proper munched, or just nicked? — Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, did the hippos get proper munched, or just nicked? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 655 «Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats the hunt, then bursts out of a sealed bottle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 2 · ★ · Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats…

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Mate, did the hippos get proper munched, or just nicked?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** munch, nick · **To what, where:** hippos

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 655 «Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats the hunt, then bursts out of a sealed bottle» 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/655-pg23661-part23/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t2:1
# text = Mate, did the hippos get proper munched, or just nicked?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hippos	hippo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	munched	munch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	nicked	nick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **munch** | past · passive · do-support |  | the hippos |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **nick** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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They got gobbled up by the dragon in one bite each, like it was nothing, mate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t2:o1:1
# text = They got gobbled up by the dragon in one bite each, like it was nothing, mate
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	gobbled	gobble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gobble up** | past · passive | the dragon in one bite | They |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | bite |  |  |  |  | like nothing; mate *vocative* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They got gobbled up whole by the dragon, sat by the river, bones and all, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t2:o2:1
# text = They got gobbled up whole by the dragon, sat by the river, bones and all, innit
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	gobbled	gobble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gobble up** | past · passive | the dragon | They |  |  |  | whole *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **sit** | past |  |  |  |  |  | by the river and bones | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by river=Location |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive | the dragon *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They got gobbled up by the dragon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t2:o3:1
# text = They got gobbled up by the dragon
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	gobbled	gobble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gobble up** | past · passive | the dragon | They |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They got nicked by the hunters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t2:o4:1
# text = They got nicked by the hunters
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	nicked	nick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past · passive | the hunters | They |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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