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title: Naw way! Whit happened tae the dragon efter the calf wis killed? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Ca… · tree and pragmatics
description: Naw way! Whit happened tae the dragon efter the calf wis killed? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 260 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the calf dies, the boy finds a princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the cal…

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Naw way! Whit happened tae the dragon efter the calf wis killed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Whit · **What happens:** happen, kill · **To what, where:** calf wis

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 260 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the calf dies, the boy finds a princess» 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/260-pg14241-part27/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Naw way!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t9:1
# text = Naw way!
1	Naw	naw	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Whit happened tae the dragon efter the calf wis killed?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t9:2
# text = Whit happened tae the dragon efter the calf wis killed?
1	Whit	whit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tae	tae	ADP	IN	Foreign=Yes	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	efter	efter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	wis	wi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | Whit |  |  |  |  | tae the dragon efter  the calf wis | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **kill** | participle |  | the calf wis *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It flew off to the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t9:o1:1
# text = It flew off to the hills
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly off** | past | It |  |  |  |  | to the hills *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to hill=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It went away for a bit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t9:o2:1
# text = It went away for a bit
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go away** | past | It |  |  |  |  | for a bit; away *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for bit=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It wandered off to hunt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t9:o3:1
# text = It wandered off to hunt
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wandered	wander	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wander off** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hunt** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It flew back up the mountain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t9:o4:1
# text = It flew back up the mountain
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly back** | past | It |  |  | the mountain |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up mountain=Trajectory |

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