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title: Was the cobbler a grand sort of fella who helped him out? — Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robber… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the cobbler a grand sort of fella who helped him out? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 2003 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall tale and the gold returned» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 2 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Was the cobbler a grand sort of fella who helped him out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fella · **What happens:** be, help out, sort · **To what, where:** cobbler, fella

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 2003 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall tale and the gold returned» 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/2003-pg7885-part22/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:t2:1
# text = Was the cobbler a grand sort of fella who helped him out?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cobbler	cobbler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fella	fella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the cobbler |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **help out** | past | fella |  | cobbler |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **sort** |  |  | fella |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he hit him with a hammer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:t2:o1:1
# text = Nah, he hit him with a hammer
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	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | he | him *= he* |  |  |  | with a hammer | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with hammer=Instrument |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was a grand man and gave him a warm bed and a meal

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:t2:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he was a grand man and gave him a warm bed and a meal
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | a grand man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | past | a grand man | a warm bed and a meal | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bed=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he went at him with awls and pinchers and a hammer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:t2:o3:1
# text = Nah, he went at him with awls and pinchers and a hammer
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	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	awls	awl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	pinchers	pincher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  |  |  | at him *= he*; with awls and pinchers and a hammer | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with awl=Beneficiary |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he went at him with awls and pinchers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:t2:o4:1
# text = Nah, he went at him with awls and pinchers
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	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	awls	awl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	pinchers	pincher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  |  |  | at him *= he*; with awls and pinchers | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with awl=Beneficiary |

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