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title: Whit did the old wife give the knight tae make him sleep? — Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull o… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whit did the old wife give the knight tae make him sleep? Test 9 · ★ 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, with 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the lady…

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Whit did the old wife give the knight tae make him sleep?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Whit, old wife · **What happens:** do, give, make, sleep · **To what, where:** knight, Whit

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1502-pg503-part89:t9:1
# text = Whit did the old wife give the knight tae make him sleep?
1	Whit	whit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	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	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	tae	tae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	mark	_	_
10	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Whit |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | the old wife | the knight |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | infinitive | the old wife *not said here* | Whit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **sleep** | infinitive | Whit *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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A sleeping drink mixed wi' herbs and the grease fae the pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1502-pg503-part89:t9:o1:1
# text = A sleeping drink mixed wi' herbs and the grease fae the pot
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sleeping	sleeping	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
5	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	grease	grease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	fae	fae	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **fae** | past | a sleeping drink | the pot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A bitter herb brew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1502-pg503-part89:t9:o2:1
# text = A bitter herb brew
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	herb	herb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	brew	brew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A hot dram o' whisky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1502-pg503-part89:t9:o3:1
# text = A hot dram o' whisky
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dram	dram	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	5	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
6	whisky	whisky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A sleeping drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1502-pg503-part89:t9:o4:1
# text = A sleeping drink
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sleeping	sleeping	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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