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title: Was the Carl deadly at the building, or just a lazy gom? — Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the Carl deadly at the building, or just a lazy gom? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1057 «Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy giant offers to race Cael in Fionn's place» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy g…

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Was the Carl deadly at the building, or just a lazy gom?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** building

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1057 «Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy giant offers to race Cael in Fionn's place» 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/1057-pg2892-part25/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t5:1
# text = Was the Carl deadly at the building, or just a lazy gom?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Carl	Carl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	gom	gom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  | the building or a lazy gom |  | deadly *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Built a snug house in one load of timber brought down the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t5:o1:1
# text = Built a snug house in one load of timber brought down the hill
1	Built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	snug	snug	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	timber	timber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	down	down	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past |  | a snug house |  | one load of timber |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product |
| 2 | **bring down** | participle | timber *not said here* | the hill |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hill=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Built a snug house in one load

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t5:o2:1
# text = Built a snug house in one load
1	Built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	snug	snug	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past |  | a snug house |  | one load |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Carried logs in one trip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t5:o3:1
# text = Carried logs in one trip
1	Carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	logs	log	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Raised a sturdy house quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t5:o4:1
# text = Raised a sturdy house quickly
1	Raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	sturdy	sturdy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | participle |  | a sturdy house |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=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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