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title: Who gave the lad the knife, pal, the big brither or the maw? — Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who gave the lad the knife, pal, the big brither or the maw? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1503 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest brother gets a magic wand, beats the Etin and frees the king's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Test 10 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest…

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Who gave the lad the knife, pal, the big brither or the maw?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** lad

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1503 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest brother gets a magic wand, beats the Etin and frees the king's daughter» 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/1503-pg503-part90/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t10:1
# text = Who gave the lad the knife, pal, the big brither or the maw?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	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	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	pal	pal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	brither	brither	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	maw	maw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past |  | the lad |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent lad=Recipient knife=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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The big brither an' the maw thegither

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t10:o1:1
# text = The big brither an' the maw thegither
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brither	brither	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	maw	maw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	thegither	thegither	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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His big brither

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t10:o2:1
# text = His big brither
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brither	brither	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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His wee brither

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t10:o3:1
# text = His wee brither
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brither	brither	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His big brither, the eldest o' the three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t10:o4:1
# text = His big brither, the eldest o' the three
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brither	brither	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	o	o	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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