--- title: did Covan still go after the cows the next morning? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flock… · tree and pragmatics description: did Covan still go after the cows the next morning? Test 12 · ★ 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 tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1184-pg3027-part50/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flock…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1184-pg3027-part50/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan fe… did Covan still go after the cows the next morning? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, go · **To what, where:** Covan This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t12:1 # text = did Covan still go after the cows the next morning? 1 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Covan Covan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | Covan | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent covan=Eventuality | | 2 | **go** | present | | | | | after the cows; still; morning | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 {#o1} nah, he stayed put ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t12:o1:1 # text = nah, he stayed put 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **put** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, he rose at sunrise and searched straight away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t12:o2:1 # text = yeah, he rose at sunrise and searched straight away 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sunrise sunrise NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 searched search VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 straight straight ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | past | he | | | | sunrise | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **search** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, he got up at dawn and went straight to find them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t12:o3:1 # text = yeah, he got up at dawn and went straight to find them 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 straight straight ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | he | | | | dawn | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **go** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | straight *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, he woke early and hunted them down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t12:o4:1 # text = yeah, he woke early and hunted them down 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 hunted hunt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 down down ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake** | past | he | | | | | early *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **hunt down** | past | he *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | **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. 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