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title: How did the horse get his big racket going, ken? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw,… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did the horse get his big racket going, ken? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1989 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 8: a theft from the king's stable, then a tale of cats» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 2 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 8: a theft fro…

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How did the horse get his big racket going, ken?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** horse, big racket · **What happens:** get, go, ken, racket · **To what, where:** big racket

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1989 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 8: a theft from the king's stable, then a tale of cats» 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/1989-pg7885-part8/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:t2:1
# text = How did the horse get his big racket going, ken?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	racket	racket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	ken	ken	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the horse | horse's big racket |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | horse's big racket *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **ken** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **racket** |  | horse |  |  |  |  |  | nom racket «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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He stamped his hooves on the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:t2:o1:1
# text = He stamped his hooves on the floor
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stamped	stamp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hooves	hoove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stamp** | past | He | his hooves |  | the floor |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent hoove=Theme on floor=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He reared and bucked in the stall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:t2:o2:1
# text = He reared and bucked in the stall
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reared	rear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	bucked	buck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stall	stall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rear** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn rear-26.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **buck** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  | the stall |  |  | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He kicked and stamped in the stable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:t2:o3:1
# text = He kicked and stamped in the stable
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	stamped	stamp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stable	stable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **stamp** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | the stable |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent in stable=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He neighed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:t2:o4:1
# text = He neighed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	neighed	neigh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **neigh** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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