--- title: What did the cats do when the lads turned on them, honest? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw,… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the cats do when the lads turned on them, honest? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1990 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 9: Conall tells the king of a tree-breaking cat fight, then of a giant's cave and a stolen ring, and ends stranded on an island» of the books course of Mova's primary sc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1990-pg7885-part9/t10/) [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/1990-pg7885-part9/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 9: Conall tell… What did the cats do when the lads turned on them, honest? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cats, lads · **What happens:** do, turn This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1990 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 9: Conall tells the king of a tree-breaking cat fight, then of a giant's cave and a stolen ring, and ends stranded on an island» 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/1990-pg7885-part9/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t10:1 # text = What did the cats do when the lads turned on them, honest? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present | the cats | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **turn** | past | the lads | | | | | on cats *= cat*; honest *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on they=Trajectory | 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} They were chased off by the lads with spades, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t10:o1:1 # text = They were chased off by the lads with spades, mate 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 chased chase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 spades spade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase off** | past · passive | the lads | They | | | | with spades and mate | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} They sat and purred, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t10:o2:1 # text = They sat and purred, mate 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 purred purr VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | They | | | | | mate *vocative* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **purr** | participle | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They fought back, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t10:o3:1 # text = They fought back, bro 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight back** | past | They | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They ran off, scarpered ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t10:o4:1 # text = They ran off, scarpered 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 scarpered scarper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run off** | past | They | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **scarper** | participle | They *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | **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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