--- title: Did Molly nick the giant's sword off the back of his bed? — English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Did Molly nick the giant's sword off the back of his bed? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1961 «English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, part 1: Childe Rowland frees his sister and the Elfin King, then Molly Whuppie tricks a giant three times» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1961-pg7439-part20/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1961-pg7439-part20/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, part 1: Childe Rowland… Did Molly nick the giant's sword off the back of his bed? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Molly · **What happens:** nick · **To what, where:** sword, back This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1961 «English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, part 1: Childe Rowland frees his sister and the Elfin King, then Molly Whuppie tricks a giant three times» 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/1961-pg7439-part20/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1961-pg7439-part20:t8:1 # text = Did Molly nick the giant's sword off the back of his bed? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 Molly Molly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 nick nick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 off off ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nick** | past · do-support | Molly | the giant's sword | | the back of Molly's bed | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sword=Theme off back=Source | 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} Nah, she didn't ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1961-pg7439-part20:t8:o1:1 # text = Nah, she didn't 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past | she | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, she did, proper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1961-pg7439-part20:t8:o2:1 # text = Yeah, she did, proper 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | she | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, she nicked the ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1961-pg7439-part20:t8:o3:1 # text = Yeah, she nicked the ring 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 nicked nick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nick** | past | she | the ring | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, she took the purse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1961-pg7439-part20:t8:o4:1 # text = Nah, she took the purse 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | she | the purse | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purse=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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