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title: Whit time did the king get up, like, mental early? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deird… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whit time did the king get up, like, mental early? Test 9 · ★ 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 que
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# Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, part 1: a hidden…

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Whit time did the king get up, like, mental early?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Whit time, king · **What happens:** do, get up

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1994-pg7885-part13:t9:1
# text = Whit time did the king get up, like, mental early?
1	Whit	whit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
12	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Whit time |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get up** | present | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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before the birds started singin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1994-pg7885-part13:t9:o1:1
# text = before the birds started singin
1	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	singin	singin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | the birds | singin |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent singin=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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when the cock had crowed twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1994-pg7885-part13:t9:o2:1
# text = when the cock had crowed twice
1	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	crowed	crow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crow** | past · perfect · passive |  | the cock |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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before the first light, afore the cock crew and the cattle wakened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1994-pg7885-part13:t9:o3:1
# text = before the first light, afore the cock crew and the cattle wakened
1	before	before	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	afore	afore	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
13	wakened	waken	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **waken** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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in the middle o the nicht when the dogs stopped barkin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1994-pg7885-part13:t9:o4:1
# text = in the middle o the nicht when the dogs stopped barkin
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	nicht	nicht	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	barkin	barkin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | the dogs | barkin |  | the middle of the nicht |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector barkin=Eventuality |

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