--- title: Hudden lent Donald the scales, didn't he? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden… · tree and pragmatics description: Hudden lent Donald the scales, didn't he? Test 9 · ★ 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 ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1991-pg7885-part10/t9/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1991-pg7885-part10/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary,… Hudden lent Donald the scales, didn't he? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hudden · **What happens:** lend, not do · **To what, where:** scales, Donald This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:t9:1 # text = Hudden lent Donald the scales, didn't he? 1 Hudden Hudden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lent lend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Donald Donald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 scales scale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lend** | past | Hudden | the scales | Donald | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent donald=Recipient scale=Theme | | 2 | **not** **do** | past | Hudden | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Yeah, he did ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:t9:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he did 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, but he put butter at the bottom to trick him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:t9:o2:1 # text = Yeah, but he put butter at the bottom to trick him 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 trick trick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | he | butter | | the bottom | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent butter=Theme at bottom=Destination | | 2 | **trick** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Nah, Donald lent them, and he did it to trick Hudden ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:t9:o3:1 # text = Nah, Donald lent them, and he did it to trick Hudden 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Donald Donald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lent lend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 trick trick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 Hudden Hudden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lend** | past | Donald | them *= they* | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **trick** | past · do-support | | Hudden | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hudden=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he didn't ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:t9:o4:1 # text = Nah, he didn't 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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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