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title: yo Covan, were ur cows totally wild in that heather or what? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flock… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo Covan, were ur cows totally wild in that heather or what? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1184 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan feeds the raven, herds the cows through fire and flood, and is sheltered by two friends» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Test 1 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan fe…

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yo Covan, were ur cows totally wild in that heather or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cows · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** heather

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1184 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan feeds the raven, herds the cows through fire and flood, and is sheltered by two friends» 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/1184-pg3027-part50/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t1:1
# text = yo Covan, were ur cows totally wild in that heather or what?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
2	Covan	Covan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	heather	heather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | ur's cows |  |  | that heather |  | totally, wild *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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, mental

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t1:o1:1
# text = yeah, mental
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, not really

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t1:o2:1
# text = nah, not really
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
totally wild, they just went through the blaze like it was normal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t1:o3:1
# text = totally wild, they just went through the blaze like it was normal
1	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	blaze	blaze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | they |  |  | the blaze |  | like blaze | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through blaze=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dead wild, they just walked thru the fire like it was nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t1:o4:1
# text = dead wild, they just walked thru the fire like it was nothing
1	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	thru	through	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | they |  |  | the fire |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through fire=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** | past | fire |  |  |  |  | like nothing | tree rules |

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