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title: so who got the iron pike, the Gruagach or the cowboy? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: so who got the iron pike, the Gruagach or the cowboy? Test 4 · ★ 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 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: the cowboy makes the g…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so who got the iron pike, the Gruagach or the cowboy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** iron pike

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t4:1
# text = so who got the iron pike, the Gruagach or the cowboy?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pike	pike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Gruagach	Gruagach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cowboy	cowboy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past |  | the iron pike |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pike=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Gruagach got the iron pike

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t4:o1:1
# text = the Gruagach got the iron pike
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Gruagach	Gruagach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	pike	pike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the Gruagach | the iron pike |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pike=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the cowboy grabbed the iron pike from the Gruagach's hand before the first blow was struck

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t4:o2:1
# text = the cowboy grabbed the iron pike from the Gruagach's hand before the first blow was struck
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cowboy	cowboy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pike	pike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Gruagach	Gruagach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	amod	_	_
15	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | the cowboy | the iron pike |  | the Gruagach's hand |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pike=Theme from hand=Source |
| 2 | **strike** | past · passive |  | the first blow |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Gruagach chose the iron pike and gave it to his eldest son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t4:o3:1
# text = the Gruagach chose the iron pike and gave it to his eldest son
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Gruagach	Gruagach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pike	pike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | the Gruagach | the iron pike |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pike=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | past | the Gruagach *not said here* | pike | Gruagach's eldest son |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to son=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Gruagach kept the wooden pike

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t4:o4:1
# text = the Gruagach kept the wooden pike
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Gruagach	Gruagach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pike	pike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the Gruagach | the wooden pike |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pike=Theme |

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