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title: So they're yer maist fairy folk, but the Good Folk are a different c… — Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Ja… · tree and pragmatics
description: So they're yer maist fairy folk, but the Good Folk are a different crowd? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 259 «Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight back from Elfland» 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 8 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight…

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So they're yer maist fairy folk, but the Good Folk are a different crowd?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they, Good Folk · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** yer fairy folk, different crowd

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 259 «Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight back from Elfland» 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/259-pg14241-part26/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:t8:1
# text = So they're yer maist fairy folk, but the Good Folk are a different crowd?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	yer	y	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
5	maist	maist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | yer fairy folk but a different crowd |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the Good Folk | a different crowd |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Naw, they're aw the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:t8:o1:1
# text = Naw, they're aw the same
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	aw	aw	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Naw |  |  |  |  | same *property* | tree rules |

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

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Aye, the Good Folk are in the Stars story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:t8:o2:1
# text = Aye, the Good Folk are in the Stars story
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	compound	_	_
10	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Good Folk |  |  | the Stars story |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Aye, the Good Folk are the wee brooklet folk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:t8:o3:1
# text = Aye, the Good Folk are the wee brooklet folk
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	brooklet	brooklet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Good Folk | the wee brooklet folk |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Naw, the Good Folk are the Elves wi the horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:t8:o4:1
# text = Naw, the Good Folk are the Elves wi the horses
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Elves	Elf	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wi	wi	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the Elves |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wi** | past | Naw | the horses |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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