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title: Whit did the youngest brither pick, son, the hale cake wi' the curse… — Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whit did the youngest brither pick, son, the hale cake wi' the curse or the half wi' the blessing? Test 12 · ★ 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 scho
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# Test 12 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest…

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Whit did the youngest brither pick, son, the hale cake wi' the curse or the half wi' the blessing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whit · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** youngest brither pick

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t12:1
# text = Whit did the youngest brither pick, son, the hale cake wi' the curse or the half wi' the blessing?
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	6	det	_	_
4	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	brither	brither	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pick	pick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	hale	hale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	20	compound	_	_
20	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Whit | the youngest brither pick and the hale cake wi and the curse or the half wi and the blessing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pick=Eventuality |

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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 whole wi' the curse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t12:o1:1
# text = The whole wi' the curse
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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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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The half wi' the blessing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t12:o2:1
# text = The half wi' the blessing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	3	compound	_	_
3	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The half wi' the blessing an' the stale bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t12:o3:1
# text = The half wi' the blessing an' the stale bread
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	3	compound	_	_
3	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	stale	stale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The hale cake wi' the curse on it, as well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t12:o4:1
# text = The hale cake wi' the curse on it, as well
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	hale	hale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	4	advmod	_	_
12	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	fixed	_	_
```

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

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