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title: lol the herd-boy was such a legend — Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol the herd-boy was such a legend Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 12 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor her…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lol the herd-boy was such a legend

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** herd boy · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** legend

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master'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/1695-pg640-part19/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t12:1
# text = lol the herd-boy was such a legend
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	9	det:predet	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the herd boy | such legend |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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fr, he was super kind to the giant and got rich

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t12:o1:1
# text = fr, he was super kind to the giant and got rich
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	super	super	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | fr |  |  |  |  | to the giant; kind, super *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | fr *not said here* |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah he was brave but kinda reckless tbh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t12:o2:1
# text = yeah he was brave but kinda reckless tbh
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	reckless	reckless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
8	tbh	tbh	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | brave, tbh *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | kinda *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah he was kinda sneaky and selfish tbh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t12:o3:1
# text = nah he was kinda sneaky and selfish tbh
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	selfish	selfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	tbh	tbh	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | kinda, sneaky, tbh *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lol he was lucky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t12:o4:1
# text = lol he was lucky
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | lucky *property* | tree rules |

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