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title: how'd the giants sink the boats? — Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: how'd the giants sink the boats? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 2061 «Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 11 · ★ · Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the f…

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how'd the giants sink the boats?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** giants · **What happens:** sink · **To what, where:** boats

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2061 «Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia» 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/2061-pg976-part20/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t11:1
# text = how'd the giants sink the boats?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sink	sink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | present | the giants | the boats |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent boat=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}

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dragged the ships onto the rocks with long hooks and ropes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t11:o1:1
# text = dragged the ships onto the rocks with long hooks and ropes
1	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hooks	hook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | past |  | the ships |  | the rocks with long hooks and ropes |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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chucked huge rocks off the high cliffs onto the boats in the harbour below

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t11:o2:1
# text = chucked huge rocks off the high cliffs onto the boats in the harbour below
1	chucked	chuck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
14	below	below	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck** | past |  | huge rocks |  | the boats |  | off the high cliffs; in the harbour | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent rock=Theme off cliff=Initial\_Location onto boat=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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shot arrows from the rocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t11:o3:1
# text = shot arrows from the rocks
1	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
chucked huge rocks off the cliffs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t11:o4:1
# text = chucked huge rocks off the cliffs
1	chucked	chuck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck** | past |  | huge rocks |  | the cliffs |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent rock=Theme off cliff=Initial\_Location |

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