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title: Wait, hou many blackbirds did the prince actually get on the moor? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daught… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, hou many blackbirds did the prince actually get on the moor? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1322 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the prince and the giant's daughter escape on the blue-grey mare» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the pri…

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Wait, hou many blackbirds did the prince actually get on the moor?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, hou · **What happens:** wait, do, get · **To what, where:** prince, moor

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1322 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the prince and the giant's daughter escape on the blue-grey mare» 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/1322-pg3454-part47/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1322-pg3454-part47:t3:1
# text = Wait, hou many blackbirds did the prince actually get on the moor?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	hou	hou	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	nsubj	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	blackbirds	blackbird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | hou | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality |
| 3 | **get** | present | hou *not said here* |  |  | the moor |  | actually *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on moor=Source |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
two, baith the same colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1322-pg3454-part47:t3:o1:1
# text = two, baith the same colour
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	baith	baith	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
two, baith the same colour, sittin on the auld fir

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1322-pg3454-part47:t3:o2:1
# text = two, baith the same colour, sittin on the auld fir
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	baith	baith	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	sittin	sittin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	auld	auld	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	fir	fir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
twa blackbirds, baith the same colour, that he catched wi his bare hands

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1322-pg3454-part47:t3:o3:1
# text = twa blackbirds, baith the same colour, that he catched wi his bare hands
1	twa	twa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	blackbirds	blackbird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	baith	baith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	catched	catche	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	wi	wi	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catche** | past | twa blackbirds and baith |  |  |  |  | wi his bare hands | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
three, aw o the same colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1322-pg3454-part47:t3:o4:1
# text = three, aw o the same colour
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	aw	aw	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

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