--- title: What did the giant threaten if they tried to trick him again? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the giant threaten if they tried to trick him again? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1321 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 46: Peronnik saves Nantes with the magic bowl, then a king's son wins a bundle and a giant's bargain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1321-pg3454-part46/t11/) [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, The Battle of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1321-pg3454-part46/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 46: Pero… What did the giant threaten if they tried to trick him again? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** giant, they · **What happens:** threaten, try, trick · **To what, where:** giant This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1321 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 46: Peronnik saves Nantes with the magic bowl, then a king's son wins a bundle and a giant's bargain» 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/1321-pg3454-part46/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t11:1 # text = What did the giant threaten if they tried to trick him again? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 threaten threaten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 trick trick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **threaten** | past · do-support | the giant | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus what=Experiencer | | 2 | **try** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | they | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **trick** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | giant | | | again | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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} The lowest stone would be the highest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t11:o1:1 # text = The lowest stone would be the highest 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 lowest low ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 highest high ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | the lowest stone | | | | | high *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The highest stone would be the lowest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t11:o2:1 # text = The highest stone would be the lowest 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 highest high ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lowest low ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | the highest stone | | | | | low *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He would crush the castle walls ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t11:o3:1 # text = He would crush the castle walls 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 crush crush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crush** | would | He | the castle walls | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He would take the castle and all their children and bury them under the hill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t11:o4:1 # text = He would take the castle and all their children and bury them under the hill 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 bury bury VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 under under ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | would | He | the castle | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument castle=Theme child=Destination | | 2 | **bury** | infinitive | He *not said here* | children *= child* | | the hill | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme under hill=Destination | **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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