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title: Were the three hags proper dead scary, like? — Old Celtic Romances, The Cave of Cesh… · tree and pragmatics
description: Were the three hags proper dead scary, like? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1061 «Old Celtic Romances, The Cave of Cesh Corran: Goll defeats the hags and frees the Fianna» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 3 · ★ · Old Celtic Romances, The Cave of Cesh Corran: Goll defeats…

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Were the three hags proper dead scary, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** three hags · **What happens:** be

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1061 «Old Celtic Romances, The Cave of Cesh Corran: Goll defeats the hags and frees the Fianna» 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/1061-pg2892-part29/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1061-pg2892-part29:t3:1
# text = Were the three hags proper dead scary, like?
1	Were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	hags	hag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the three hags |  |  |  |  | scary *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Each one matched a hundred men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1061-pg2892-part29:t3:o1:1
# text = Each one matched a hundred men
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	matched	match	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **match** | past | each one | hundred men |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Each one matched a hundred men, and their eyes glowed red in the dark of the cave

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1061-pg2892-part29:t3:o2:1
# text = Each one matched a hundred men, and their eyes glowed red in the dark of the cave
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	matched	match	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
11	glowed	glow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
12	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **match** | past | each one | a hundred men |  | the glowed red dark of the cave |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient |
| 2 | **glow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Each one matched a hundred men in strength, and they hissed and screamed like demons when they fought

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1061-pg2892-part29:t3:o3:1
# text = Each one matched a hundred men in strength, and they hissed and screamed like demons when they fought
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	matched	match	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	hissed	hiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	screamed	scream	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	demons	demon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
17	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	19	mark	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **match** | past | each one | hundred men |  | strength |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient |
| 2 | **hiss** | past | men *= man* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | men *= man* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like demons | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fight** | past | men *= man* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Each one fought like ten men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1061-pg2892-part29:t3:o4:1
# text = Each one fought like ten men
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	fought	fight	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | participle |  | each one *not said here* |  |  |  | like ten men | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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