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title: Whit did the rebels think Johnny wis? — Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whit did the rebels think Johnny wis? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 246 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny Gloke: a lazy tailor kills giants, wins a princess and becomes king» 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 13 · ★ · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny Gloke: a lazy tailor…

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Whit did the rebels think Johnny wis?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whit, rebels · **What happens:** do, think · **To what, where:** Johnny wis

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 246 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny Gloke: a lazy tailor kills giants, wins a princess and becomes king» 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/246-pg14241-part13/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:t13:1
# text = Whit did the rebels think Johnny wis?
1	Whit	whit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rebels	rebel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	Johnny	Johnny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	wis	wi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Whit |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | the rebels | Johnny wis |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot wi=Theme |

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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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A mighty giant-killer come tae hang every one of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:t13:o1:1
# text = A mighty giant-killer come tae hang every one of them
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	killer	killer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	tae	tae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	mark	_	_
8	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | a mighty giant killer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hang** | infinitive | a mighty giant killer *not said here* | every one of them |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A giant-killer come tae hang them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:t13:o2:1
# text = A giant-killer come tae hang them
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	killer	killer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	tae	tae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	mark	_	_
7	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | a giant killer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hang** | infinitive | a giant killer *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A giant-killing tailor come tae hang them all fae the toun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:t13:o3:1
# text = A giant-killing tailor come tae hang them all fae the toun
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	killing	kill	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	tae	tae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	mark	_	_
8	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
11	fae	fae	X	FW	_	13	compound	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	toun	toun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **come** | present | a killing tailor |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hang** | infinitive | a killing tailor *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent they=Patient toun=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A giant wi a rope tae hang them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:t13:o4:1
# text = A giant wi a rope tae hang them
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	tae	tae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	mark	_	_
7	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | infinitive | a giant wi  a rope *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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