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title: what was the feast actually for, like a birthday? — Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connac… · tree and pragmatics
description: what was the feast actually for, like a birthday? Test 11 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the
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# Test 11 · ★ · Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, N…

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what was the feast actually for, like a birthday?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** feast · **What happens:** be

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t11:1
# text = what was the feast actually for, like a birthday?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the feast for a birthday |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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A happy party for his old friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t11:o1:1
# text = A happy party for his old friends
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A big gleeful do for all his mates, with music, wine and games in the hall

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t11:o2:1
# text = A big gleeful do for all his mates, with music, wine and games in the hall
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gleeful	gleeful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | a big gleeful |  |  | the hall |  | for his mates and music and wine and games | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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A big gleeful do for all his mates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t11:o3:1
# text = A big gleeful do for all his mates
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gleeful	gleeful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | a big gleeful |  |  |  |  | for his mates | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A grand hunt for all his nobles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t11:o4:1
# text = A grand hunt for all his nobles
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	nobles	noble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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