--- title: Who was the sneaky bunch that came checking, mate? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw,… · tree and pragmatics description: Who was the sneaky bunch that came checking, mate? Test 3 · ★ 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 the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1989-pg7885-part8/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 8: a theft fro… Who was the sneaky bunch that came checking, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sneaky bunch · **What happens:** be, come, check · **To what, where:** sneaky bunch This is test 3 · ★ 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. 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:t3:1 # text = Who was the sneaky bunch that came checking, mate? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 sneaky sneaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 bunch bunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 checking check VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the sneaky bunch | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | the sneaky bunch | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **check** | gerund | the sneaky bunch *not said here* | | | | | mate *vocative* | vn assessment-34.1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The king's gillies ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:t3:o1:1 # text = The king's gillies 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 gillies gillie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The king's sneaky men ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:t3:o2:1 # text = The king's sneaky men 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 sneaky sneaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The stable lads ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:t3:o3:1 # text = The stable lads 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 stable stable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The king's gillies with their torches and dogs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:t3:o4:1 # text = The king's gillies with their torches and dogs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 gillies gillie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 torches torch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` 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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