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title: Was Fergus mad or chill when the servant gave the advice? — Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fe… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was Fergus mad or chill when the servant gave the advice? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1047 «Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound, Tuiren is freed, Fionn chases a fawn» 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 3 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound…

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Was Fergus mad or chill when the servant gave the advice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** servant · **What happens:** be, chill, give · **To what, where:** advice

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1047 «Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound, Tuiren is freed, Fionn chases a fawn» 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/1047-pg2892-part15/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:t3:1
# text = Was Fergus mad or chill when the servant gave the advice?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	chill	chill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **chill** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **give** | past | the servant | the advice |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=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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Chill at first, then he went mad, roaring and turning all red

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:t3:o1:1
# text = Chill at first, then he went mad, roaring and turning all red
1	Chill	chill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	roaring	roar	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	obj	_	_
14	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **go** | past | he |  |  |  | then | mad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **roar** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **turn** | gerund | you *not said here* | all |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent all=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Mad, he got super angry, roared, and turned bright red in the face

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:t3:o2:1
# text = Mad, he got super angry, roared, and turned bright red in the face
1	Mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	super	super	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	roared	roar	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **roar** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **turn** | past |  |  |  | the face |  | red *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in face=Trajectory |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mad, he was roaring and red

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:t3:o3:1
# text = Mad, he was roaring and red
1	Mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	roaring	roar	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chill, he was just smiling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:t3:o4:1
# text = Chill, he was just smiling
1	Chill	chill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	smiling	smile	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **smile** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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