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title: Whit did the smith want for the iron shoon, ken? — Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Bla… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whit did the smith want for the iron shoon, ken? Test 8 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 8 · ★ · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway,…

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Whit did the smith want for the iron shoon, ken?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Whit · **What happens:** want, ken

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This is test 8 · ★ 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. 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t8:1
# text = Whit did the smith want for the iron shoon, ken?
1	Whit	whit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
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	smith	smith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	shoon	shoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	ken	ken	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past · do-support | Whit |  |  |  |  | for the iron shoon | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **ken** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Seven years' work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t8:o1:1
# text = Seven years' work
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** |  | Seven years |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Three years' work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t8:o2:1
# text = Three years' work
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** |  | Three years |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Seven years o' hard work on the farm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t8:o3:1
# text = Seven years o' hard work on the farm
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	6	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Seven years o' service at his forge an' a' that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t8:o4:1
# text = Seven years o' service at his forge an' a' that
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	5	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	_
5	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	forge	forge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	reparandum	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	dep	_	_
```

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

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