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title: ye reckon the Carl's gonna win in the end, or what? — Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coa… · tree and pragmatics
description: ye reckon the Carl's gonna win in the end, or what? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1058 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: the Carl stops for blackberries while Fionn waits for news» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 13 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: th…

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ye reckon the Carl's gonna win in the end, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ye, Carl · **What happens:** reckon, win · **To what, where:** end

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1058 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: the Carl stops for blackberries while Fionn waits for news» 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/1058-pg2892-part26/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1058-pg2892-part26:t13:1
# text = ye reckon the Carl's gonna win in the end, or what?
1	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Carl	Carl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	flat:foreign	_	_
7	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | ye |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **win** | present | the Carl |  |  |  | in the end |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in end=Eventuality |

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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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Dunno, the Carl's been a bit slow today, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1058-pg2892-part26:t13:o1:1
# text = Dunno, the Carl's been a bit slow today, mate
1	Dunno	Dunno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Carl	Carl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
10	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Dunno | a bit and mate |  |  | today |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the Carl's doomed, sorry lads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1058-pg2892-part26:t13:o2:1
# text = Nah, the Carl's doomed, sorry lads
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Carl	Carl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	doomed	doom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **doom** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Probably, he's a decent runner, lads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1058-pg2892-part26:t13:o3:1
# text = Probably, he's a decent runner, lads
1	Probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	decent	decent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	runner	runner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | a decent runner and lads |  |  |  | probably *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dunno, but he's been a mad wee legend so far

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1058-pg2892-part26:t13:o4:1
# text = Dunno, but he's been a mad wee legend so far
1	Dunno	Dunno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	wee	wee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Dunno | a mad wee legend |  |  |  | far *property* | tree rules |

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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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