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title: What did that giant even do for a living? — The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of th… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did that giant even do for a living? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1135 «The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part 1: a strong boy beats crocodiles and a giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 4 · ★ · The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What did that giant even do for a living?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1135 «The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part 1: a strong boy beats crocodiles and a giant» 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/1135-pg3027-part1/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:t4:1
# text = What did that giant even do for a living?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	living	living	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for a living | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He made mountains by piling up rocks all day, like a total boss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:t4:o1:1
# text = He made mountains by piling up rocks all day, like a total boss
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	piling	pile	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | He | mountains |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Product |
| 2 | **pile up** | gerund | He *not said here* | rocks |  |  | day |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme rock=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He made mountains, like a boss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:t4:o2:1
# text = He made mountains, like a boss
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | He | mountains |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He hunted deer, pretty much

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:t4:o3:1
# text = He hunted deer, pretty much
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunted	hunt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | past | He | deer |  |  |  | pretty *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was a huge giant who just sat around and stacked up hills for fun

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:t4:o4:1
# text = He was a huge giant who just sat around and stacked up hills for fun
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	around	around	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	stacked	stack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | a huge giant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit around** | past | a huge giant | stacked hills |  |  |  | for fun; around *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hill=Theme |
| 3 | **stack up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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