--- title: Why did Conall even pretend to be a doctor, bruv? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw,… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did Conall even pretend to be a doctor, bruv? Test 3 · ★ 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/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/1990-pg7885-part9/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 9: Conall tell… Why did Conall even pretend to be a doctor, bruv? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Conall · **What happens:** pretend, be · **To what, where:** doctor This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t3:1 # text = Why did Conall even pretend to be a doctor, bruv? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 Conall Conall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 pretend pretend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | past · do-support | Conall | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | Conall *not said here* | a doctor and bruv | | | | | tree rules | 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} To steal the giant's gold, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t3:o1:1 # text = To steal the giant's gold, bruv 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 steal steal VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | to-infinitive | | the giant's gold and bruv | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gold=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} To get close enough to steal the giant's sword and ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t3:o2:1 # text = To get close enough to steal the giant's sword and ring 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 enough enough ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | to-infinitive | | | | | | close *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **steal** | to-infinitive | | the giant's sword and ring | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sword=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} To get close and trick the giant ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t3:o3:1 # text = To get close and trick the giant 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 trick trick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | to-infinitive | | | | | | close *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **trick** | infinitive | | the giant | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} To sneak up close and then make the giant take his sword off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t3:o4:1 # text = To sneak up close and then make the giant take his sword off 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sneak sneak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obj _ _ 10 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sneak up** | to-infinitive | | | | | | close *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | infinitive | | the giant | | | then | | tree rules | | 3 | **take off** | infinitive | the giant *not said here* | his sword | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | **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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