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title: who was the king's uncle who got sent out with a message? — Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connac… · tree and pragmatics
description: who was the king's uncle who got sent out with a message? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1995 «Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, Naois takes her to Scotland, and Connachar invites them back to a feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 10 · ★ · Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, N…

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who was the king's uncle who got sent out with a message?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, send out · **To what, where:** uncle

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1995 «Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, Naois takes her to Scotland, and Connachar invites them back to a feast» 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/1995-pg7885-part14/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t10:1
# text = who was the king's uncle who got sent out with a message?
1	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the king's uncle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **send out** | past · passive |  | the king's uncle |  |  |  | with a message | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 {#o1}

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Naois, with his two brothers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t10:o1:1
# text = Naois, with his two brothers
1	Naois	Naois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ferchar Mac Ro and Deirdre's nurse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t10:o2:1
# text = Ferchar Mac Ro and Deirdre's nurse
1	Ferchar	Ferchar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Mac	Mac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	Ro	Ro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	Deirdre	Deirdre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Ferchar Mac Ro, with his three sons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t10:o3:1
# text = Ferchar Mac Ro, with his three sons
1	Ferchar	Ferchar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Mac	Mac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	Ro	Ro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Ferchar Mac Ro, with his three sons, the men who had sworn to protect Naois on the road

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t10:o4:1
# text = Ferchar Mac Ro, with his three sons, the men who had sworn to protect Naois on the road
1	Ferchar	Ferchar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	Mac	Mac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	Ro	Ro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	sworn	swear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
17	Naois	Naois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | past · perfect | the men |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive | the men *not said here* |  | Naois | the road |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent naois=Beneficiary |

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