--- title: did Ferchar's sons promise to back them up? — Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connac… · tree and pragmatics description: did Ferchar's sons promise to back them up? Test 13 · ★ 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 quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1995-pg7885-part14/t13/) [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 Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connac…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1995-pg7885-part14/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, N… did Ferchar's sons promise to back them up? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sons · **What happens:** do, promise, back up · **To what, where:** sons This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t13:1 # text = did Ferchar's sons promise to back them up? 1 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Ferchar Ferchar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 promise promise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 back back VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present | Ferchar's sons | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **back up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ferchar's sons *not said here* | sons *= son* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Agent | 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} Yeah, they swore they'd be there for them, every step of the way, even if the king turned on them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t13:o1:1 # text = Yeah, they swore they'd be there for them, every step of the way, even if the king turned on them 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 conj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 even even ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | past | they | every step of the way | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | would | they | | | | | for them *= they*; there *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **turn** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the king | | | | | on them *= they* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on they=Trajectory | | 4 | **step** | | | the way | | | | | nom step «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, they swore they'd be there for them and would stand by them at the feast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t13:o2:1 # text = Yeah, they swore they'd be there for them and would stand by them at the feast 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 ccomp _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | past | they | | | | | for them *= they* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | would | they | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **stand** | would | they *not said here* | | | the feast | | by them *= they* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by they=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, they vowed to help them out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t13:o3:1 # text = Yeah, they vowed to help them out 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 vowed vow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vow** | past | they | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **help out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, they swore they'd be there for them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t13:o4:1 # text = Yeah, they swore they'd be there for them 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 ccomp _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | past | they | | | | | for them *= they* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | would | they | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | **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; 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