--- title: How did the boat act when Conall hopped out, mate? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw,… · tree and pragmatics description: How did the boat act when Conall hopped out, mate? Test 9 · ★ 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, wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1990-pg7885-part9/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 9: Conall tell… How did the boat act when Conall hopped out, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Conall · **What happens:** do, act, hop out · **To what, where:** boat This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t9:1 # text = How did the boat act when Conall hopped out, mate? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 act act VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 Conall Conall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 hopped hop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the boat | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Eventuality | | 2 | **act** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hop out** | past | Conall | | | | | mate *vocative* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It sailed off back where it started ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t9:o1:1 # text = It sailed off back where it started 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 7 advmod _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail off** | past | It | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **start** | past | it | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} It came back to the shore, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t9:o2:1 # text = It came back to the shore, mate 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past | It | | | the shore and mate | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to shore=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} It sank into the sea, bruv, and never came up again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t9:o3:1 # text = It sank into the sea, bruv, and never came up again 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 up up ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 again again ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | past | It | | | the sea and bruv | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **not** **come up** | past | | | | | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It drifted off to the rocks, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1990-pg7885-part9:t9:o4:1 # text = It drifted off to the rocks, bro 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drifted drift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drift off** | past | It | | | | | to the rocks and bro | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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