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title: Be honest, was the Carl of the Drab Coat a proper giant or just a me… — Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat… · tree and pragmatics
description: Be honest, was the Carl of the Drab Coat a proper giant or just a messer? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1057 «Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy giant offers to race Cael in Fionn's place» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 1 · ★ · Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy g…

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Be honest, was the Carl of the Drab Coat a proper giant or just a messer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** honest Carl

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1057 «Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy giant offers to race Cael in Fionn's place» 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/1057-pg2892-part25/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t1:1
# text = Be honest, was the Carl of the Drab Coat a proper giant or just a messer?
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Carl	Carl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Drab	Drab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Coat	Coat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	just	just	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	messer	messer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the honest Carl |  |  |  | of the Drab Coat | tree rules |

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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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A huge yellow-skinned giant who was no ordinary man at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t1:o1:1
# text = A huge yellow-skinned giant who was no ordinary man at all
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	skinned	skinned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
10	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | a huge skinned giant | no ordinary man |  | all |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A lazy, big-footed beggar pretending to be a giant of the hills

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t1:o2:1
# text = A lazy, big-footed beggar pretending to be a giant of the hills
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
2	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	footed	footed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	beggar	beggar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | gerund | a lazy footed beggar *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | a lazy footed beggar *not said here* | a giant |  |  |  | of the hills | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Huge yellow-skinned giant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t1:o3:1
# text = Huge yellow-skinned giant
1	Huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	skinned	skinned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A tall, grey-bearded man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t1:o4:1
# text = A tall, grey-bearded man
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	bearded	bearded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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