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title: wait so the loaf just spits gold?? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait so the loaf just spits gold?? Test 3 · ★ 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 pra
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# Test 3 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor her…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wait so the loaf just spits gold??

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, loaf · **What happens:** wait, spit · **To what, where:** gold

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t3:1
# text = wait so the loaf just spits gold??
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	spits	spit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **spit** | present | the loaf | gold |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, like a gold dispenser every time u bite it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t3:o1:1
# text = yeah, like a gold dispenser every time u bite it
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	dispenser	dispenser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	bite	bite	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | present | u | dispenser |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, but only on the first bite lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t3:o2:1
# text = yeah, but only on the first bite lol
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the loaf is enchanted so every bite makes a shiny gold piece pop out

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t3:o3:1
# text = yeah, the loaf is enchanted so every bite makes a shiny gold piece pop out
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	pop	pop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	out	out	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enchant** | present · passive |  | the loaf |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **make** | present | every bite | a shiny gold piece |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset piece=Product |
| 3 | **pop out** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it only works on the giant's own mouth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t3:o4:1
# text = nah, it only works on the giant's own mouth
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | it |  |  |  |  | on the giant's own mouth | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on mouth=Theme |

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