--- title: wait, the ettin had three heads, how many did the hero chop off, pro… — English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: th… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, the ettin had three heads, how many did the hero chop off, proper? Test 2 · ★ 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 sc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1963-pg7439-part22/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: the young man beats th… wait, the ettin had three heads, how many did the hero chop off, proper? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, ettin, hero · **What happens:** wait, have, chop off · **To what, where:** three heads, many This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t2:1 # text = wait, the ettin had three heads, how many did the hero chop off, proper? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ettin ettin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 10 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 obj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 chop chop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 15 off off ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **have** | past | the ettin | three heads | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 3 | **chop off** | past · do-support | the hero | many | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Patient | 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} just the top one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t2:o1:1 # text = just the top one 1 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 top top ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} all of the heads ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t2:o2:1 # text = all of the heads 1 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} all three of them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t2:o3:1 # text = all three of them 1 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} he chopped off the first two only ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t2:o4:1 # text = he chopped off the first two only 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 chopped chop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop off** | past | he | the first two | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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