--- title: Bro, why'd the chain thing even work for Ian? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's… · tree and pragmatics description: Bro, why'd the chain thing even work for Ian? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1142 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian frees the knight's daughter, kills the giant, and is left behind on the island» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1142-pg3027-part8/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1142-pg3027-part8/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian fre… Bro, why'd the chain thing even work for Ian? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chain thing · **What happens:** work This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1142 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian frees the knight's daughter, kills the giant, and is left behind on the island» 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/1142-pg3027-part8/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:t3:1 # text = Bro, why'd the chain thing even work for Ian? 1 Bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 8 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 work work VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | the chain thing *not said here* | | | | | for Ian | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for ian=Beneficiary | 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} Cos the chain was loose and he was just a bit stronger, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:t3:o1:1 # text = Cos the chain was loose and he was just a bit stronger, innit 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 14 innit innit INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the chain | | | | | loose *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | he | | | | | a bit *obl:unmarked*; strong *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Cos the iron was rusted through and he just pulled hard, obviously ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:t3:o2:1 # text = Cos the iron was rusted through and he just pulled hard, obviously 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 rusted rust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 through through ADP IN _ 5 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 obviously obviously ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rust through** | past · passive | | the iron | | | | obviously *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **pull** | past | iron | | | | | hard *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cos he's a wee bit lucky ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:t3:o3:1 # text = Cos he's a wee bit lucky 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wee wee ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | a wee bit *obl:unmarked*; lucky *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He's a proper strong lad, obviously ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:t3:o4:1 # text = He's a proper strong lad, obviously 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 obviously obviously ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | He | a proper strong lad | | | | obviously *property* | tree rules | **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. 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