--- title: Did the king believe Conall's first story, fam? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw,… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the king believe Conall's first story, fam? Test 11 · ★ 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, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1990-pg7885-part9/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 9: Conall tell… Did the king believe Conall's first story, fam? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** believe · **To what, where:** first story This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t11:1 # text = Did the king believe Conall's first story, fam? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Conall Conall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 8 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 fam fam NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present | the king | Conall's first story and fam | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | 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} He said Conall's story was fine, so he gave him a horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t11:o1:1 # text = He said Conall's story was fine, so he gave him a horse 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Conall Conall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | Conall's story | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | past | Conall | a horse | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient horse=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He believed it all, fam, sure ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t11:o2:1 # text = He believed it all, fam, sure 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 fam fam NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past | He | it | | | | fam *obl* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He said Conall was full of words and wanted another tale ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t11:o3:1 # text = He said Conall was full of words and wanted another tale 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Conall Conall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | Conall | | | | | of words; full *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **want** | past | He *not said here* | another tale | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tale=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He called him a liar, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t11:o4:1 # text = He called him a liar, bruv 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 liar liar NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | He | | him *= he* | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | **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; 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