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title: what did the flower spirits do to him at night, the dirty pricks? — Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfi… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the flower spirits do to him at night, the dirty pricks? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 822 «Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the wicked brother dies, the bees punish him, and the elves prepare a grand feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the…

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what did the flower spirits do to him at night, the dirty pricks?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** flower spirits · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 822 «Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the wicked brother dies, the bees punish him, and the elves prepare a grand feast» 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/822-pg27200-part33/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t3:1
# text = what did the flower spirits do to him at night, the dirty pricks?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	pricks	prick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | the flower spirits |  | him *= he* |  | night |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Pricked his neck with poison thorns, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t3:o1:1
# text = Pricked his neck with poison thorns, mate
1	Pricked	prick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prick** | past |  | his neck |  |  |  | with poison thorns; mate *vocative* | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent neck=Patient with thorn=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bit his ear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t3:o2:1
# text = Bit his ear
1	Bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past |  | his ear |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Pricked his tongue with poison spears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t3:o3:1
# text = Pricked his tongue with poison spears
1	Pricked	prick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	spears	spear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prick** | past |  | his tongue |  |  |  | with poison spears | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent tongue=Patient with spear=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pricked his tongue with poison spears and then gave him horrible dreams all night, the dirty things

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t3:o4:1
# text = Pricked his tongue with poison spears and then gave him horrible dreams all night, the dirty things
1	Pricked	prick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	spears	spear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	horrible	horrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	dreams	dream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prick** | past |  | his tongue |  |  |  | with poison spears | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent tongue=Patient with spear=Instrument |
| 2 | **give** | past |  | horrible dreams  all night and the dirty things | him *= he* |  | then |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient dream=Theme |

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