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title: Oi, Donald got cows out of it, didn't he, proper fat ones? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, Donald got cows out of it, didn't he, proper fat ones? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1992 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the wrong man and chase clouds in the lake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 7 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the w…

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Oi, Donald got cows out of it, didn't he, proper fat ones?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi, Donald · **What happens:** get, do, not one · **To what, where:** cows, it

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1992 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the wrong man and chase clouds in the lake» 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/1992-pg7885-part11/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:t7:1
# text = Oi, Donald got cows out of it, didn't he, proper fat ones?
1	Oi	oi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Donald	Donald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Oi | cows |  | it |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cow=Stimulus |
| 2 | **do** | past | Oi *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **one** |  | Donald |  |  |  |  |  | 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 -->
Yeah, from the brothers, they was small

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:t7:o1:1
# text = Yeah, from the brothers, they was small
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | brothers *= brother* |  |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, just one cow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:t7:o2:1
# text = Nah, just one cow
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, from the farmer, and they was massive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:t7:o3:1
# text = Yeah, from the farmer, and they was massive
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | massive *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, nothing at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:t7:o4:1
# text = Nah, nothing at all
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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