--- title: What was Conall's crew doing when he got stranded, like? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw,… · tree and pragmatics description: What was Conall's crew doing when he got stranded, like? Test 8 · ★ 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 schoo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1990-pg7885-part9/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 9: Conall tell… What was Conall's crew doing when he got stranded, like? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** crew · **What happens:** be, do, strand · **To what, where:** crew, Conall This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t8:1 # text = What was Conall's crew doing when he got stranded, like? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 Conall Conall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 stranded strand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Conall's crew | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | Conall's crew *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **strand** | past · passive | | Conall | | | | | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Sailing home with the rest, but then he fell in the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t8:o1:1 # text = Sailing home with the rest, but then he fell in the sea 1 Sailing sail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 2 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | with the rest; home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fall** | past | he | | | the sea | then | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in sea=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, he was at home with the cats, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t8:o2:1 # text = Nothing, he was at home with the cats, bro 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Nothing | | | home | | with the cats and bro | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Nothing, he was alone with no food ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t8:o3:1 # text = Nothing, he was alone with no food 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 alone alone ADV RB _ 1 conj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | with no food; alone *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Fishing near the shore, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t8:o4:1 # text = Fishing near the shore, mate 1 Fishing fish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 near near ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fish** | gerund | | | | the shore and mate | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent near shore=Location | **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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