--- title: Whit did the king say he'd gie Ian, like, the best thing? — Popular Tales of the West Highlands, I… · tree and pragmatics description: Whit did the king say he'd gie Ian, like, the best thing? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1146 «Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Ian Direach, part 12: the fox sails Ian to Erin and France, and the princess is tricked aboard» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1146-pg3027-part12/t10/) [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/) / [Popular Tales of the West Highlands, I…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1146-pg3027-part12/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Ian Direach, part 12:… Whit did the king say he'd gie Ian, like, the best thing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Whit, king · **What happens:** do, say, gie · **To what, where:** Ian · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1146 «Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Ian Direach, part 12: the fox sails Ian to Erin and France, and the princess is tricked aboard» 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/1146-pg3027-part12/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1146-pg3027-part12:t10:1 # text = Whit did the king say he'd gie Ian, like, the best thing? 1 Whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 gie gie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 9 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 like like INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 amod _ _ 15 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Whit | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **gie** | would | king | Ian | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} the most precious thing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1146-pg3027-part12:t10:o1:1 # text = the most precious thing 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 3 advmod _ _ 3 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} his gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1146-pg3027-part12:t10:o2:1 # text = his gold 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a fine horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1146-pg3027-part12:t10:o3:1 # text = a fine horse 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the finest horse o the lot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1146-pg3027-part12:t10:o4:1 # text = the finest horse o the lot 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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