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title: Did Fionn throw a bit of a party for the Carl at the end? — Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the D… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Fionn throw a bit of a party for the Carl at the end? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1059 «Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of the Iron is beaten and the Carl is revealed as a god» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 9 · ★ · Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of th…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did Fionn throw a bit of a party for the Carl at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fionn · **What happens:** throw · **To what, where:** bit, end

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1059 «Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of the Iron is beaten and the Carl is revealed as a god» 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/1059-pg2892-part27/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t9:1
# text = Did Fionn throw a bit of a party for the Carl at the end?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Carl	Carl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past · do-support | Fionn | a bit of a party for the Carl |  |  | at the end |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bit=Theme at end=Destination |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a big feast and banquet, gas one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t9:o1:1
# text = Yeah, a big feast and banquet, gas one
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	banquet	banquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a big fire and a few songs, grand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t9:o2:1
# text = Yeah, a big fire and a few songs, grand
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a big feast and banquet with harpers and gold cups, and the whole Fianna got locked into it, gas one

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t9:o3:1
# text = Yeah, a big feast and banquet with harpers and gold cups, and the whole Fianna got locked into it, gas one
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	banquet	banquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	harpers	harper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
20	into	into	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past · passive |  | the whole Fianna |  | banquet |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a massive feast and banquet, with roast pig and mead and music and dancing all night long till the sun came up, gas one

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t9:o4:1
# text = Yeah, a massive feast and banquet, with roast pig and mead and music and dancing all night long till the sun came up, gas one
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	banquet	banquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	roast	roast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	mead	mead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	17	advmod	_	_
21	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
24	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
25	up	up	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	_
28	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | gerund |  |  |  |  | night | long *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come up** | past | the sun |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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