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# Test 2 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest…

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Right, mate, how come the wee lad's can was leaking, but he still got a big cake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** come, leak, get · **To what, where:** mate, big cake

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t2:1
# text = Right, mate, how come the wee lad's can was leaking, but he still got a big cake?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	leaking	leak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	still	still	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* | mate |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **leak** | can · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 3 | **get** | past | he | a big cake |  |  | still |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cake=Stimulus |

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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 patched it wi' clay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t2:o1:1
# text = He patched it wi' clay
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	patched	patch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **patch** | past | He | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He patched the hole wi' wet clay fae the burn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t2:o2:1
# text = He patched the hole wi' wet clay fae the burn
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	patched	patch	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	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	fae	fae	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **patch** | past | He | the hole wi |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent wi=Destination |
| 2 | **fae** | past | wet clay | the burn |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He mended it wi' tar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t2:o3:1
# text = He mended it wi' tar
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	mended	mend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	tar	tar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mend** | past | He | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He patched it wi' clay and then drank the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t2:o4:1
# text = He patched it wi' clay and then drank the water
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	patched	patch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	wi	wi	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
6	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **patch** | past | He | it |  |  |  | wi clay | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination |
| 2 | **drink** | past | He *not said here* | the water |  |  | then |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

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