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title: how did Deirdre's looks make Gelban's job so tricky? — Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: how did Deirdre's looks make Gelban's job so tricky? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1996 «Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tricks fail and the three brothers die» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 12 · ★ · Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tr…

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how did Deirdre's looks make Gelban's job so tricky?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** looks, Gelban · **What happens:** be, make, job · **To what, where:** job

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1996 «Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tricks fail and the three brothers die» 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/1996-pg7885-part15/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1996-pg7885-part15:t12:1
# text = how did Deirdre's looks make Gelban's job so tricky?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	Deirdre	Deirdre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	looks	look	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
7	Gelban	Gelban	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	tricky	tricky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | how *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | Deirdre's looks | Gelban's job |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset job=Product |
| 3 | **job** |  | Gelban |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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She turned away whenever anyone looked at her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1996-pg7885-part15:t12:o1:1
# text = She turned away whenever anyone looked at her
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
6	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn away** | past | She |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **look** | past | anyone |  |  |  |  | at her *= she*; whenever *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Her beauty made every man stare so hard that the king's emissary could not keep his eyes on the door

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1996-pg7885-part15:t12:o2:1
# text = Her beauty made every man stare so hard that the king's emissary could not keep his eyes on the door
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	stare	stare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	emissary	emissary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Her beauty | every man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stare** | infinitive | every man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **keep** | could | the king's emissary | emissary's eyes |  | the door |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent eye=Theme on door=Location |

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

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She blushed a crimson red whenever anyone looked at her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1996-pg7885-part15:t12:o3:1
# text = She blushed a crimson red whenever anyone looked at her
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blushed	blush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crimson	crimson	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
8	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blush** | past | She |  |  |  |  | red *property* | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **look** | past | anyone |  |  |  |  | at her *= she*; whenever *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She hid her face whenever a man looked on her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1996-pg7885-part15:t12:o4:1
# text = She hid her face whenever a man looked on her
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | She | her face |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient |
| 2 | **look** | past | a man |  |  |  |  | whenever *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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