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title: Oi, who even was the giant, innit? — Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, who even was the giant, innit? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 1 · ★ · Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa…

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Oi, who even was the giant, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi · **What happens:** be, innit

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» 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/1137-pg3027-part3/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t1:1
# text = Oi, who even was the giant, innit?
1	Oi	Oi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Oi |  |  |  |  | giant *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | Oi |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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some proper ancient monster from the mountains who nobody dares to cross

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t1:o1:1
# text = some proper ancient monster from the mountains who nobody dares to cross
1	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	_
10	dares	dare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dare** | present | proper ancient monster from the mountains |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cross** | to-infinitive | proper ancient monster from the mountains *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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a proper huge dude who talks like thunder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t1:o2:1
# text = a proper huge dude who talks like thunder
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | a proper huge dude |  |  |  |  | like thunder | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a massive dude who lives up in the clouds and grumbles all day long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t1:o3:1
# text = a massive dude who lives up in the clouds and grumbles all day long
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
11	grumbles	grumble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live up** | present | a massive dude |  |  | the clouds |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cloud=Location |
| 2 | **grumble** *speech: other* | present | a massive dude |  |  |  | day | long *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a huge fella who's dead tall and loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t1:o4:1
# text = a huge fella who's dead tall and loud
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fella	fella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a huge fella |  |  |  |  | tall *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | a huge fella *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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