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title: What did the Bull bid the youngest daughter do upon the stone in the… — Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Bla… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the Bull bid the youngest daughter do upon the stone in the dark glen? Exam question 1 of lesson 238 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the youngest sister rides off on the Black Bull and wins back her knight» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 1 · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway,…

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What did the Bull bid the youngest daughter do upon the stone in the dark glen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bull, youngest daughter · **What happens:** bid, do · **To what, where:** dark glen

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 238 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the youngest sister rides off on the Black Bull and wins back her knight» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/238-pg14241-part5/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:e1:1
# text = What did the Bull bid the youngest daughter do upon the stone in the dark glen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bid	bid	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	glen	glen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bid** | past · do-support | the Bull |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | the youngest daughter |  |  | the dark glen |  | upon the stone | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Stand up and wait for him here

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:e1:o1:1
# text = Stand up and wait for him here
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | here |  | for him *= he* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sit still and move neither hand nor foot until I have killed the Old One

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:e1:o2:1
# text = Sit still and move neither hand nor foot until I have killed the Old One
1	Sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	8	cc	_	_
8	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	One	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **move** | infinitive | you *not said here* | neither hand nor foot |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
| 3 | **kill** | present · perfect · passive |  | I |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer one=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stay put and hold your tongue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:e1:o3:1
# text = Stay put and hold your tongue
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **put** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hold** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your tongue |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Sit still and move neither hand nor foot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:e1:o4:1
# text = Sit still and move neither hand nor foot
1	Sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	8	cc	_	_
8	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **move** | infinitive | you *not said here* | neither hand nor foot |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |

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