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title: who was minding the kingdom while Conn was off moping? — Gods and Fighting Men, Conn the Hundre… · tree and pragmatics
description: who was minding the kingdom while Conn was off moping? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1062 «Gods and Fighting Men, Conn the Hundred Fighter, part 30: Conn grieves for his queen and a stranger comes out of the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 6 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, Conn the Hundred Fighter, part 30:…

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who was minding the kingdom while Conn was off moping?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Conn · **What happens:** mind, mope · **To what, where:** kingdom

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1062 «Gods and Fighting Men, Conn the Hundred Fighter, part 30: Conn grieves for his queen and a stranger comes out of the sea» 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/1062-pg2892-part30/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1062-pg2892-part30:t6:1
# text = who was minding the kingdom while Conn was off moping?
1	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	minding	mind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	Conn	Conn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	moping	mope	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mind** | past · progressive |  | the kingdom |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |
| 2 | **mope** | past · progressive | Conn |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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}

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His son Art

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1062-pg2892-part30:t6:o1:1
# text = His son Art
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His eldest son Art, with the wise elders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1062-pg2892-part30:t6:o2:1
# text = His eldest son Art, with the wise elders
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His brother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1062-pg2892-part30:t6:o3:1
# text = His brother
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Art, his foster son, and the council of Tara's lords

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1062-pg2892-part30:t6:o4:1
# text = Art, his foster son, and the council of Tara's lords
1	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	foster	foster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	Tara	Tara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	lords	lord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

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