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title: Was that harp lit or what? — Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Ja… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was that harp lit or what? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1537 «Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant and takes back his castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant…

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Was that harp lit or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** lit

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1537 «Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant and takes back his castle» 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/1537-pg540-part34/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t4:1
# text = Was that harp lit or what?
1	Was	was	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lit** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | was that harp | 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 {#o1}

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Mad lit, it played lullabies and jigs and sad songs for the Giant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t4:o1:1
# text = Mad lit, it played lullabies and jigs and sad songs for the Giant
1	Mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lit	lit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	lullabies	lullaby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	jigs	jig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | Mad lit | lullabies and jigs and sad songs |  |  |  | for the Giant | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent lullaby=Theme for giant=Eventuality |

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

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Mad lit, it played sad, merry and sleepy tunes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t4:o2:1
# text = Mad lit, it played sad, merry and sleepy tunes
1	Mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lit	lit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	merry	merry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
11	tunes	tune	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | Mad lit | sad tunes |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mad lit, it played loud and happy tunes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t4:o3:1
# text = Mad lit, it played loud and happy tunes
1	Mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lit	lit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	tunes	tune	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | Mad lit | loud tunes |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mad lit, it played sad, merry and sleepy tunes all night long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t4:o4:1
# text = Mad lit, it played sad, merry and sleepy tunes all night long
1	Mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lit	lit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	merry	merry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
11	tunes	tune	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | Mad lit | sad tunes |  |  | night | long *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme |

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