--- title: Why did Covan's line get no bites, mate? — Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Cova… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did Covan's line get no bites, mate? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1185 «Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, duck and salmon and wins back his sister» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1185-pg3027-part51/t7/) [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 Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Cova…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1185-pg3027-part51/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, d… Why did Covan's line get no bites, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** line · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** bites This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1185 «Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, duck and salmon and wins back his sister» 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/1185-pg3027-part51/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:t7:1 # text = Why did Covan's line get no bites, mate? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 Covan Covan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 bites bite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · do-support | Covan's line | no bites and mate | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bite=Stimulus | 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} The fish was too clever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:t7:o1:1 # text = The fish was too clever 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the fish | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The salmon ignored the bait ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:t7:o2:1 # text = The salmon ignored the bait 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 salmon salmon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ignored ignore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bait bait NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | past | the salmon | the bait | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bait=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wrong river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:t7:o3:1 # text = Wrong river 1 Wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The line was too short ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:t7:o4:1 # text = The line was too short 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the line | | | | | short *property* | tree rules | **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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