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title: Bruv, what did Makoma smash the giant's leg with? — Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what did Makoma smash the giant's leg with? Test 2 · ★ 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 opti
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# Test 2 · ★ · Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa…

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Bruv, what did Makoma smash the giant's leg with?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Makoma · **What happens:** smash · **To what, where:** leg

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t2:1
# text = Bruv, what did Makoma smash the giant's leg with?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Makoma	Makoma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	smash	smash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smash** | past · do-support | Makoma | the giant's leg |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Destination leg=Theme |

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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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his mate Mulimo, the wooden club

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t2:o1:1
# text = his mate Mulimo, the wooden club
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	Mulimo	Mulimo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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his mate Nu-endo, the iron hammer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t2:o2:1
# text = his mate Nu-endo, the iron hammer
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
3	Nu	Nu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	endo	endo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his big iron hammer they called Nu-endo, which he'd nicked from the giant's cave

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t2:o3:1
# text = his big iron hammer they called Nu-endo, which he'd nicked from the giant's cave
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Nu	Nu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	endo	endo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	nicked	nick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past | his big iron hammer | Nu endo |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent endo=Recipient |
| 2 | **nick** | past · perfect · passive |  | Nu endo |  | the giant's cave |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from cave=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his mate Nu-endo, the iron hammer his dad forged

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t2:o4:1
# text = his mate Nu-endo, the iron hammer his dad forged
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	Nu	Nu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	endo	endo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hammer	ham	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	forged	forge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ham** | past | his mate and endo | iron's dad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **forge** | past | his mate and endo *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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