--- title: what did the old sheep man reckon about the ettin? — English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: th… · tree and pragmatics description: what did the old sheep man reckon about the ettin? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1963 «English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: the young man beats the three-headed Ettin with riddles and a magic wand, and frees the king's daughter and the prisoners.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1963-pg7439-part22/t10/) [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, The Red Ettin: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1963-pg7439-part22/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: the young man beats th… what did the old sheep man reckon about the ettin? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old sheep man · **What happens:** reckon This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1963 «English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: the young man beats the three-headed Ettin with riddles and a magic wand, and frees the king's daughter and the prisoners.» 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/1963-pg7439-part22/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t10:1 # text = what did the old sheep man reckon about the ettin? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 compound _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 reckon reckon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ettin ettin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the old sheep man | | | | | about the ettin | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute | 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} he's gone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t10:o1:1 # text = he's gone 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} his end is near ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t10:o2:1 # text = his end is near 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 near near ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | his end | | | | | near *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} he's dead ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t10:o3:1 # text = he's dead 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} he is very strong ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t10:o4:1 # text = he is very strong 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | **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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