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title: so why did Naois bounce from Erin, is it the king? — Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connac… · tree and pragmatics
description: so why did Naois bounce from Erin, is it the king? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, N…

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so why did Naois bounce from Erin, is it the king?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bounce · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** Naois bounce, Erin, king

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t9:1
# text = so why did Naois bounce from Erin, is it the king?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Naois	Naois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bounce	bounce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	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 |  | Naois bounce |  | Erin |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bounce=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | present | bounce | the king |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Yeah, Connachar was salty over Deirdre and sent men after him all the way out of Ulster

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t9:o1:1
# text = Yeah, Connachar was salty over Deirdre and sent men after him all the way out of Ulster
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Connachar	Connachar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Deirdre	Deirdre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
13	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	out	out	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Connachar |  |  | Deirdre |  | salty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | past | Connachar *not said here* | men |  |  | after Connachar | all way out Ulster *obl:unmarked* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Yeah, Connachar was salty over Deirdre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t9:o2:1
# text = Yeah, Connachar was salty over Deirdre
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Connachar	Connachar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Deirdre	Deirdre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Connachar |  |  | Deirdre |  | salty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Nah, Connachar was chill about Deirdre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t9:o3:1
# text = Nah, Connachar was chill about Deirdre
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Connachar	Connachar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	chill	chill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Deirdre	Deirdre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Connachar |  |  |  |  | about Deirdre; chill *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yeah, Connachar was salty over Deirdre and tried to get his mates to hunt Naois down across Erin

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t9:o4:1
# text = Yeah, Connachar was salty over Deirdre and tried to get his mates to hunt Naois down across Erin
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Connachar	Connachar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Deirdre	Deirdre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
16	Naois	Naois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	down	down	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
18	across	across	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Connachar |  |  | Deirdre |  | salty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **try** | past | Connachar *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Connachar *not said here* | Connachar's mates |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **hunt down** | to-infinitive | Connachar's mates *not said here* | Naois |  | Erin |  | down *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent naois=Theme |

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**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; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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