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title: What's a mattock, my granddad said it's a tool? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's a mattock, my granddad said it's a tool? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 2019 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part 38: bones become steps, a finger is lost, and the giant drowns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part 38: bones become ste…

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What's a mattock, my granddad said it's a tool?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** granddad · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** mattock, tool · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 2019 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part 38: bones become steps, a finger is lost, and the giant drowns» 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/2019-pg7885-part38/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2019-pg7885-part38:t9:1
# text = What's a mattock, my granddad said it's a tool?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mattock	mattock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	granddad	granddad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tool	tool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a mattock |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my granddad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | granddad | a tool |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sort of sword the giant wore on his belt when he went out walking to the loch

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2019-pg7885-part38:t9:o1:1
# text = A sort of sword the giant wore on his belt when he went out walking to the loch
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	xcomp	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	loch	loch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | a sort of sword |  |  | sort's belt |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go out** | past | sort |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **walk** | gerund | sort *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the loch *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to loch=Result |
| 4 | **sort** |  |  | sword |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A small blade for cutting bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2019-pg7885-part38:t9:o2:1
# text = A small blade for cutting bread
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund | a small blade *not said here* | bread |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bread=Product |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A digging tool with a big heavy head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2019-pg7885-part38:t9:o3:1
# text = A digging tool with a big heavy head
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	digging	digging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tool	tool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A big heavy digging tool with a wide metal head, used by the giant to break rock and dig ditches for the house

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2019-pg7885-part38:t9:o4:1
# text = A big heavy digging tool with a wide metal head, used by the giant to break rock and dig ditches for the house
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	digging	digging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tool	tool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
13	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	dig	dig	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
21	ditches	ditch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | giant *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **break** | to-infinitive |  | rock |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rock=Patient |
| 3 | **dig** | present |  | ditches |  |  |  | for the house | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ditch=Result for house=Beneficiary |

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