--- title: What did the king tell the giant to let his mum do first? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the king tell the giant to let his mum do first? Test 12 · ★ 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 depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1321-pg3454-part46/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 46: Pero… What did the king tell the giant to let his mum do first? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king, mum · **What happens:** tell, let, do · **To what, where:** giant, mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t12:1 # text = What did the king tell the giant to let his mum do first? 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 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the king | | the giant | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | king's mum | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | infinitive | king's mum *not said here* | | | | | first *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Sew the boy a coat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t12:o1:1 # text = Sew the boy a coat 1 Sew sew VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sew** | imperative | you *not said here* | a coat | the boy | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent boy=Beneficiary coat=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Wash the children in order ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t12:o2:1 # text = Wash the children in order 1 Wash wash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | the children | | order | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Put the boy in order ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t12:o3:1 # text = Put the boy in order 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | the boy | | order | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boy=Theme in order=Destination | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Dress him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t12:o4:1 # text = Dress him 1 Dress dress VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dress** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | **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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