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title: Sound, so what did the Carl do with the boar bones after eating? — Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sound, so what did the Carl do with the boar bones after eating? Test 7 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 7 · ★ · Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy g…

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Sound, so what did the Carl do with the boar bones after eating?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sound, Carl, boar bones · **What happens:** do, eat

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t7:1
# text = Sound, so what did the Carl do with the boar bones after eating?
1	Sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Carl	Carl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Sound |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the Carl |  |  |  |  | with the boar bones | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **eat** | gerund | the boar bones *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Buried them in the mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t7:o1:1
# text = Buried them in the mud
1	Buried	bury	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | past |  | them *= they* |  | the mud |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in mud=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tied them in his coat tail and carried them down the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t7:o2:1
# text = Tied them in his coat tail and carried them down the hill
1	Tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | past |  | them *= they* |  | his coat tail |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **carry down** | past |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme they=Beneficiary hill=Value |

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

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Tied them in his coat tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t7:o3:1
# text = Tied them in his coat tail
1	Tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | past |  | them *= they* |  | his coat tail |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Threw them in the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t7:o4:1
# text = Threw them in the fire
1	Threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past |  | them *= they* |  | the fire |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme in fire=Destination |

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