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title: wait, the hare was the actual villain yeah? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, the hare was the actual villain yeah? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 2004 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: the cowboy makes the giant laugh and stops a wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 3 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: the cowboy makes the g…

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wait, the hare was the actual villain yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, hare · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** actual villain

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 2004 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: the cowboy makes the giant laugh and stops a wedding» 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/2004-pg7885-part23/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t3:1
# text = wait, the hare was the actual villain yeah?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	actual	actual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	villain	villain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the hare | the actual villain |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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the sons had started the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t3:o1:1
# text = the sons had started the fire
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	started	start	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past · perfect | the sons | the fire |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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the hare tossed the ashes all over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t3:o2:1
# text = the hare tossed the ashes all over
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tossed	toss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toss** | past | the hare | the ashes |  |  |  | over *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ash=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the stork threw the milk around

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t3:o3:1
# text = the stork threw the milk around
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	around	around	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw around** | past | the stork | the milk |  |  |  | around *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the Gruagach set the hare on the hearth on purpose to trick them all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t3:o4:1
# text = the Gruagach set the hare on the hearth on purpose to trick them all
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Gruagach	Gruagach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	trick	trick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past | the Gruagach | the hare |  | the hearth |  | on purpose | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hare=Theme on hearth=Destination |
| 2 | **trick** | to-infinitive | the Gruagach *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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