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title: Whit did the auld fairy wifie gie him, mate, when he shared his bann… — Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whit did the auld fairy wifie gie him, mate, when he shared his bannock? Test 5 · ★ 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 tre
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# Test 5 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest…

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Whit did the auld fairy wifie gie him, mate, when he shared his bannock?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whit, auld fairy wifie · **What happens:** do, gie, share · **To what, where:** auld fairy wifie, Whit, bannock

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t5:1
# text = Whit did the auld fairy wifie gie him, mate, when he shared his bannock?
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	auld	auld	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	wifie	wifie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	gie	gie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	shared	share	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	bannock	bannock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 auld fairy wifie and mate |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wifie=Eventuality |
| 2 | **gie** | present | the auld fairy wifie and mate *not said here* | Whit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **share** | past | Whit | Whit's bannock |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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A magic wand that could kill beasts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t5:o1:1
# text = A magic wand that could kill beasts
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | could | a magic wand | beasts |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A wand wi' a magic bit on the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t5:o2:1
# text = A wand wi' a magic bit on the end
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A magical wand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t5:o3:1
# text = A magical wand
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wand	wand	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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A magic stane

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t5:o4:1
# text = A magic stane
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	stane	stane	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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