--- title: Which creature assumed command over the company of cats in Conall's… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw,… · tree and pragmatics description: Which creature assumed command over the company of cats in Conall's narrative? Exam question 4 of lesson 1989 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 8: a theft from the king's stable, then a tale of cats» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1989-pg7885-part8/e4/) [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 Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1989-pg7885-part8/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 8: a theft fro… Which creature assumed command over the company of cats in Conall's narrative? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** assume This is exam question 4 of lesson 1989 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 8: a theft from the king's stable, then a tale of cats» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1989-pg7885-part8/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:e4:1 # text = Which creature assumed command over the company of cats in Conall's narrative? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 assumed assume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 Conall Conall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assume** | participle | | | | | | | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 fox cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:e4:o1:1 # text = The fox cat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The head bard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:e4:o2:1 # text = The head bard 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bard bard NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The eldest one-eyed tabby cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:e4:o3:1 # text = The eldest one-eyed tabby cat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 tabby tabby NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The one-eyed fox-coloured cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:e4:o4:1 # text = The one-eyed fox-coloured cat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 coloured coloured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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