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# Test 13 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest…

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Did the lad run away fae the beasts, Jamie, or walk right through them, eh?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lad, fae · **What happens:** run away, beast, walk

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t13:1
# text = Did the lad run away fae the beasts, Jamie, or walk right through them, eh?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	fae	fae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	Jamie	Jamie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
14	right	right	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	through	through	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	eh	eh	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | present | the lad |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **beast** |  | fae |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **walk** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | through beasts *= beast*; right *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through they=Trajectory |

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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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He stopped, turned, and walked right through them all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t13:o1:1
# text = He stopped, turned, and walked right through them all
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	right	right	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **turn** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **walk** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | through them *= they* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through they=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He walked right through them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t13:o2:1
# text = He walked right through them
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | He |  |  |  |  | through them *= they*; right *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through they=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He crept round them quietly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t13:o3:1
# text = He crept round them quietly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	round	round	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **creep** | past | He |  |  |  |  | round them *= they*; quietly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round they=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He walked right through the middle o' them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t13:o4:1
# text = He walked right through the middle o' them
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	o	o	NOUN	NN	_	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | He | them *= they* |  | the middle o |  | right *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme through o=Trajectory |

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