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title: Yo, did the lady's bull actually fight the devil, or is that just a… — Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull o… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, did the lady's bull actually fight the devil, or is that just a wee story? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1502 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the lady's wanderings and the Red Etin's beginning: the lady wins the knight back and the Red Etin's tale starts» of the books course of Mova's 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the lady…

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Yo, did the lady's bull actually fight the devil, or is that just a wee story?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, fight, be · **To what, where:** bull, devil, wee story

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1502 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the lady's wanderings and the Red Etin's beginning: the lady wins the knight back and the Red Etin's tale starts» 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/1502-pg503-part89/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1502-pg503-part89:t1:1
# text = Yo, did the lady's bull actually fight the devil, or is that just a wee story?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	devil	devil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
16	just	just	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the lady's bull |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bull=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fight** | present |  | the devil |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent devil=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | a wee story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He fought the deil, aye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1502-pg503-part89:t1:o1:1
# text = He fought the deil, aye
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fought	fight	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	deil	deil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | He | the deil |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deil=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He didnae fight the deil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1502-pg503-part89:t1:o2:1
# text = He didnae fight the deil
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	didnae	didnae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	dep	_	_
3	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	deil	deil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | infinitive | He | the deil |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deil=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Naw, he never fought the deil, he just sat in the glen wi' the lady

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1502-pg503-part89:t1:o3:1
# text = Naw, he never fought the deil, he just sat in the glen wi' the lady
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	deil	deil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	glen	glen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fight** | past | Naw | the deil |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deil=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **sit** | past | Naw |  |  | the glen wi and the lady |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wi=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He fought the big laird, aye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1502-pg503-part89:t1:o4:1
# text = He fought the big laird, aye
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	laird	laird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | He | the big laird |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laird=Co-Agent |

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