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title: Them stones, were they made by proper big fairies or nah? — Lang's Fairy Books, The Stones of Plou… · tree and pragmatics
description: Them stones, were they made by proper big fairies or nah? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1316 «Lang's Fairy Books, The Stones of Plouhinec, part 1: a beggar comes to the Christmas supper» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Books, The Stones of Plouhinec, part 1: a beg…

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Them stones, were they made by proper big fairies or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** proper big fairies · **What happens:** make · **To what, where:** stones

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1316 «Lang's Fairy Books, The Stones of Plouhinec, part 1: a beggar comes to the Christmas supper» 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/1316-pg3454-part41/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1316-pg3454-part41:t6:1
# text = Them stones, were they made by proper big fairies or nah?
1	Them	them	DET	DT	PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive | proper big fairies | them stones |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product |

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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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Wizards, pretty old

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1316-pg3454-part41:t6:o1:1
# text = Wizards, pretty old
1	Wizards	wizard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nah, just some farmers who piled up the rocks ages ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1316-pg3454-part41:t6:o2:1
# text = Nah, just some farmers who piled up the rocks ages ago
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	piled	pile	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pile up** | past | some farmers | the rocks |  |  | ages | ago *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent rock=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Korigans, dead old

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1316-pg3454-part41:t6:o3:1
# text = Korigans, dead old
1	Korigans	Korigan	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Proper ancient fairies, the korigans, from way back in time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1316-pg3454-part41:t6:o4:1
# text = Proper ancient fairies, the korigans, from way back in time
1	Proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	korigans	korigan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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

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