--- title: Was Guleesh's horse a proper horse at the end or a dud? — Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Gu… · tree and pragmatics description: Was Guleesh's horse a proper horse at the end or a dud? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1984 «Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Guleesh rides with the sheehogues to a wedding feast, and the princess is carried off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1984-pg7885-part3/t4/) [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/) / [Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Gu…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1984-pg7885-part3/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Guleesh rides with the… Was Guleesh's horse a proper horse at the end or a dud? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** horse This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1984 «Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Guleesh rides with the sheehogues to a wedding feast, and the princess is carried off» 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/1984-pg7885-part3/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:t4:1 # text = Was Guleesh's horse a proper horse at the end or a dud? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 Guleesh Guleesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 csubj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dud dud NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Guleesh's horse | | | | | tree rules | 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} It stayed a fine horse, a proper one, carrying Guleesh home to Erin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:t4:o1:1 # text = It stayed a fine horse, a proper one, carrying Guleesh home to Erin 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 12 Guleesh Guleesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | It | a fine horse | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme horse=Location | | 2 | **carry** | gerund | | Guleesh home | Erin | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent home=Theme to erin=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} It was a plough beam all along, but it had been a horse for the whole ride back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:t4:o2:1 # text = It was a plough beam all along, but it had been a horse for the whole ride back 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 plough plough NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 beam beam NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 along along ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 back back ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a plough beam but a horse | | | | along *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past · perfect | it | a horse | | | | for the whole ride | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A plough beam, total eejit prank ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:t4:o3:1 # text = A plough beam, total eejit prank 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 plough plough NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 beam beam NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 eejit eejit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 prank prank NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Just a horse, a proper one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:t4:o4:1 # text = Just a horse, a proper one 1 Just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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