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title: What was the outcome of the giant's attempt to cook the child? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the outcome of the giant's attempt to cook the child? Exam question 1 of lesson 1991 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary, part 1: Conall ends his tale, and two greedy farmers kill a poor man's cow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary,…

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What was the outcome of the giant's attempt to cook the child?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** giant · **What happens:** be, cook, attempt · **To what, where:** outcome, child

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1991 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary, part 1: Conall ends his tale, and two greedy farmers kill a poor man's cow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1991-pg7885-part10/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:e1:1
# text = What was the outcome of the giant's attempt to cook the child?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the outcome |  |  |  | of the giant's attempt | tree rules |
| 2 | **cook** | to-infinitive |  | the child |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent child=Patient |
| 3 | **attempt** |  | the giant |  |  |  |  |  | nom attempt «act transitive»: 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 {#o1}

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The giant was struck down by the woman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:e1:o1:1
# text = The giant was struck down by the woman
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike down** | past · passive | the woman | the giant |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Instrument |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Conall killed the giant with a dart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:e1:o2:1
# text = Conall killed the giant with a dart
1	Conall	Conall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dart	dart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past | Conall | the giant |  |  |  | with a dart | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent giant=Patient with dart=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The giant was slain by Conall, who escaped from the caldron before it could be heated up

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:e1:o3:1
# text = The giant was slain by Conall, who escaped from the caldron before it could be heated up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	slain	slay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Conall	Conall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	escaped	escape	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	caldron	caldron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	heated	heat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
18	up	up	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** | past · passive | Conall | the giant |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **escape** | past | Conall |  |  | the caldron |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from caldron=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **heat up** | could · passive |  | giant |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The giant was slain by Conall, who was not cooked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:e1:o4:1
# text = The giant was slain by Conall, who was not cooked
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	slain	slay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Conall	Conall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	cooked	cook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** | past · passive | Conall | the giant |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **cook** | past · passive |  | Conall |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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