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title: Why were Hudden and Dudden so jealous, mate? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why were Hudden and Dudden so jealous, mate? Test 7 · ★ 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 and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 7 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary,…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why were Hudden and Dudden so jealous, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hudden · **What happens:** be

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This is test 7 · ★ 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. 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:t7:1
# text = Why were Hudden and Dudden so jealous, mate?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	Hudden	Hudden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Dudden	Dudden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Hudden and Dudden |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; jealous *property* | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Donald owned a field they wanted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:t7:o1:1
# text = Donald owned a field they wanted
1	Donald	Donald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	owned	own	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | past | Donald | a field |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot field=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | past | they | a field *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot field=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Donald had the little grass patch they both wanted and he was better at farming than them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:t7:o2:1
# text = Donald had the little grass patch they both wanted and he was better at farming than them
1	Donald	Donald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	both	both	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	farming	farming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	than	than	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Donald | the little grass patch |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patch=Patient |
| 2 | **want** | past | they | the little grass patch *not said here* |  |  |  | both *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot patch=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | Donald |  |  | farming |  | than them *= they*; good *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Donald had the little grass patch they wanted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:t7:o3:1
# text = Donald had the little grass patch they wanted
1	Donald	Donald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Donald | the little grass patch |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patch=Patient |
| 2 | **want** | past | they | the little grass patch *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot patch=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Donald had the big bit of land nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:t7:o4:1
# text = Donald had the big bit of land nearby
1	Donald	Donald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Donald | the big bit of land |  |  |  | nearby *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |

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