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title: So why did the giant nick the oxen, asses and pigs? — Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Lion: the g… · tree and pragmatics
description: So why did the giant nick the oxen, asses and pigs? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1646 «Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Lion: the girl cuts the princess's hair and frees the prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Lion: the girl cuts the princes…

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So why did the giant nick the oxen, asses and pigs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** giant nick

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1646 «Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Lion: the girl cuts the princess's hair and frees the prince» 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/1646-pg5615-part35/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1646-pg5615-part35:t3:1
# text = So why did the giant nick the oxen, asses and pigs?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nick	nick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	asses	ass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the giant nick and the oxen and asses and pigs |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nick=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 {#o1}

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Revenge for her kindness to the lion and the prince who had been hiding nearby

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1646-pg5615-part35:t3:o1:1
# text = Revenge for her kindness to the lion and the prince who had been hiding nearby
1	Revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	aux	_	_
14	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl:relcl	_	_
15	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · perfect · progressive | the lion and the prince |  |  |  |  | nearby *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Revenge for her kindness to the lion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1646-pg5615-part35:t3:o2:1
# text = Revenge for her kindness to the lion
1	Revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Revenge for her kindness to the lion, which the giant never forgave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1646-pg5615-part35:t3:o3:1
# text = Revenge for her kindness to the lion, which the giant never forgave
1	Revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	forgave	forgive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **giant** |  | the lion and the giant |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **forgive** | past | Revenge for Revenge's kindness to the lion and the giant |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was hungry for their meat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1646-pg5615-part35:t3:o4:1
# text = He was hungry for their meat
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | for their meat; hungry *property* | tree rules |

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