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title: is the cranny in the rock like a proper cave? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flock… · tree and pragmatics
description: is the cranny in the rock like a proper cave? Test 9 · ★ 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 pragmat
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# Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan fe…

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is the cranny in the rock like a proper cave?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** cranny, rock

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t9:1
# text = is the cranny in the rock like a proper cave?
1	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cranny	cranny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the cranny |  | the rock like a proper cave |  |  | 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 -->
nah, it was just a tiny narrow crack in the rock with some scraps of food and damp moss tucked inside

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t9:o1:1
# text = nah, it was just a tiny narrow crack in the rock with some scraps of food and damp moss tucked inside
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	scraps	scrap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	damp	damp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
21	tucked	tuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
22	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a tiny narrow crack |  | the rock |  | with some scraps of food and damp moss | tree rules |
| 2 | **tuck** | participle |  | some scraps of food and damp moss *not said here* |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, just a little crack with food and moss inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t9:o2:1
# text = nah, just a little crack with food and moss inside
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, just a small crack with some moss inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t9:o3:1
# text = nah, just a small crack with some moss inside
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it's way bigger than that, a huge cave with dry straw beds, a fire pit, and bags of food and tools inside for travellers

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t9:o4:1
# text = it's way bigger than that, a huge cave with dry straw beds, a fire pit, and bags of food and tools inside for travellers
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	beds	bed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	bags	bag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	tools	tool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	conj	_	_
26	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
27	for	for	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | way and bags of food and tools for travellers |  |  |  | a huge cave with dry straw beds and a fire pit *nmod* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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