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title: Hou auld wis Deirdre when the hunter turned up? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deird… · tree and pragmatics
description: Hou auld wis Deirdre when the hunter turned up? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1994 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, part 1: a hidden girl is found by a lost hunter, and the king sets out to take her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 3 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, part 1: a hidden…

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Hou auld wis Deirdre when the hunter turned up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hou · **What happens:** turn up

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1994 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, part 1: a hidden girl is found by a lost hunter, and the king sets out to take her» 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/1994-pg7885-part13/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1994-pg7885-part13:t3:1
# text = Hou auld wis Deirdre when the hunter turned up?
1	Hou	Hou	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	auld	auld	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wis	wi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	Deirdre	Deirdre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn up** | past | Hou and auld wis |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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twenty-two an mairriet tae a king's son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1994-pg7885-part13:t3:o1:1
# text = twenty-two an mairriet tae a king's son
1	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
5	mairriet	mairriet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
6	tae	tae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	nsubj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **son** |  | tae |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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fifteen, near enough a wumman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1994-pg7885-part13:t3:o2:1
# text = fifteen, near enough a wumman
1	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	near	near	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wumman	wumman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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nearly thirty an still livin wi her nurse in the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1994-pg7885-part13:t3:o3:1
# text = nearly thirty an still livin wi her nurse in the hill
1	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	livin	livin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	wi	wi	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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sixteen, near enough grown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1994-pg7885-part13:t3:o4:1
# text = sixteen, near enough grown
1	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	near	near	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | enough *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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