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title: What's the bit about the bones, like, what's that about? — Irish Fairy Tales, Iollan and Tuiren,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's the bit about the bones, like, what's that about? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1046 «Irish Fairy Tales, Iollan and Tuiren, part 14: Uct Dealv turns the queen into a hound and sends her to Fergus» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 8 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Iollan and Tuiren, part 14: Uct Dealv t…

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What's the bit about the bones, like, what's that about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bit

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1046 «Irish Fairy Tales, Iollan and Tuiren, part 14: Uct Dealv turns the queen into a hound and sends her to Fergus» 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/1046-pg2892-part14/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1046-pg2892-part14:t8:1
# text = What's the bit about the bones, like, what's that about?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the bit |  |  |  | about the bones | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about *property* | 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 {#o1}

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It was a curse so Tuiren would dig for graves all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1046-pg2892-part14:t8:o1:1
# text = It was a curse so Tuiren would dig for graves all night
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	dig	dig	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	graves	grave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a curse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dig** | would | Tuiren | a curse *not said here* |  |  | night | for graves | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent curse=Result for grave=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Something about bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1046-pg2892-part14:t8:o2:1
# text = Something about bones
1	Something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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She wanted Tuiren to dig for old bones and chew them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1046-pg2892-part14:t8:o3:1
# text = She wanted Tuiren to dig for old bones and chew them
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	dig	dig	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	chew	chew	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She | Tuiren |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dig** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Tuiren *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for old bones | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for bone=Theme |
| 3 | **chew** | present | She *not said here* | bones *= bone* |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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She wanted bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1046-pg2892-part14:t8:o4:1
# text = She wanted bones
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She | bones |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bone=Theme |

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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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