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title: Who's the girl supposed to be, then, for the priest's gaff? — Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who's the girl supposed to be, then, for the priest's gaff? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1985 «Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb and Guleesh hides her at the priest's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 6 · ★ · Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb…

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Who's the girl supposed to be, then, for the priest's gaff?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** suppose, be

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1985 «Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb and Guleesh hides her at the priest's house» 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/1985-pg7885-part4/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t6:1
# text = Who's the girl supposed to be, then, for the priest's gaff?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	gaff	gaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suppose** | present · passive |  |  |  |  | then |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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A lass he'd met at the fair in Ennis

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t6:o1:1
# text = A lass he'd met at the fair in Ennis
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lass	lass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fair	fair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Ennis	Ennis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past · perfect | he | a lass *not said here* |  | the fair in Ennis |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lass=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His cousin's girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t6:o2:1
# text = His cousin's girl
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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His brother's kid from over the border

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t6:o3:1
# text = His brother's kid from over the border
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His sister's daughter from up in Dublin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t6:o4:1
# text = His sister's daughter from up in Dublin
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	up	up	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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