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title: Mate, did the Black Hag actually get her twenty cows or what? — Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, did the Black Hag actually get her twenty cows or what? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1069 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forced to war, the venomous sheep kill his men, and a laughing stranger offers a dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forc…

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Mate, did the Black Hag actually get her twenty cows or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Black Hag · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** twenty cows

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1069 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forced to war, the venomous sheep kill his men, and a laughing stranger offers a dog» 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/1069-pg2892-part37/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t1:1
# text = Mate, did the Black Hag actually get her twenty cows or what?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Hag	Hag	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the Black Hag | Hag's twenty cows |  |  |  | Mate *vocative*; actually *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cow=Stimulus |

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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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Yeah, she took the lot, no bother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she took the lot, no bother
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	bother	bother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | she | the lot |  |  |  | no bother *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |

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

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No way, she turned them down flat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t1:o2:1
# text = No way, she turned them down flat
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	flat	flat	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn down** | past | she | no way |  |  |  | flat *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No way, she turned the twenty cows down flat and went home grumbling loudly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t1:o3:1
# text = No way, she turned the twenty cows down flat and went home grumbling loudly
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
10	flat	flat	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	home	home	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	grumbling	grumble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
15	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | she | no way |  |  |  | down, flat *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cow=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **grumble** *speech: other* | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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No way, she turned the cows down flat and cursed the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t1:o4:1
# text = No way, she turned the cows down flat and cursed the king
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	flat	flat	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	cursed	curse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn down** | past | she | no way |  |  |  | down, flat *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme |
| 2 | **curse** | past | she *not said here* | the king |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |

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