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title: Last q, what did Connla's dad say was the wildest bit? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fai… · tree and pragmatics
description: Last q, what did Connla's dad say was the wildest bit? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 1983 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden: a fairy maiden calls Connla away over the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 14 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden: a fairy m…

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Last q, what did Connla's dad say was the wildest bit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Last q · **What happens:** do, say, be · **To what, where:** dad, wildest bit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1983 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden: a fairy maiden calls Connla away over 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/1983-pg7885-part2/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1983-pg7885-part2:t14:1
# text = Last q, what did Connla's dad say was the wildest bit?
1	Last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	q	Q	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	Connla	Connla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	wildest	wild	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Last q | Connla's dad |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Last q |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | the wildest bit |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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a light when they saw the maiden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1983-pg7885-part2:t14:o1:1
# text = a light when they saw the maiden
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | a light | the maiden |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer maiden=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a voice singing sweet music when they saw no one at all on the hill

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1983-pg7885-part2:t14:o2:1
# text = a voice singing sweet music when they saw no one at all on the hill
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nmod	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | a voice *not said here* | sweet music |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location music=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past | a voice | no one |  | all |  | on the hill | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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a voice speaking clearly to the king when they saw the empty sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1983-pg7885-part2:t14:o3:1
# text = a voice speaking clearly to the king when they saw the empty sky
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
4	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | a voice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the king; clearly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to king=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **see** | past | a voice | the empty sky |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sky=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a voice when they saw no one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1983-pg7885-part2:t14:o4:1
# text = a voice when they saw no one
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | a voice | no one |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |

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