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title: did Naois's brothers die at the same time? — Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: did Naois's brothers die at the same time? Test 13 · ★ 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; Mova's choi
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# Test 13 · ★ · Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tr…

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did Naois's brothers die at the same time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brothers · **What happens:** die

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1996-pg7885-part15:t13:1
# text = did Naois's brothers die at the same time?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	Naois	Naois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | Naois's brothers |  |  |  | time |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, Arden first, then Allen, then Naois last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1996-pg7885-part15:t13:o1:1
# text = Nah, Arden first, then Allen, then Naois last
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Arden	Arden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	Allen	Allen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	Naois	Naois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	last	last	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, Arden and Allen died together in the sea, then Naois followed them both at once, proper sad

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1996-pg7885-part15:t13:o2:1
# text = Yeah, Arden and Allen died together in the sea, then Naois followed them both at once, proper sad
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Arden	Arden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Allen	Allen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	together	together	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
13	Naois	Naois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	both	both	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | Arden and Allen |  |  |  |  | in the sea; together *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in sea=Attribute |
| 2 | **follow** | past | Naois | Arden |  |  | then | both *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme at once=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, all three at the same moment, sadly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1996-pg7885-part15:t13:o3:1
# text = Yeah, all three at the same moment, sadly
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	sadly	sadly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, Naois died first, then Arden on his shoulder, then Allen last of all after the druid

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1996-pg7885-part15:t13:o4:1
# text = Nah, Naois died first, then Arden on his shoulder, then Allen last of all after the druid
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Naois	Naois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	Arden	Arden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	Allen	Allen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
15	last	last	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	all	all	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
18	after	after	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	druid	druid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | Naois | Arden on Naois's shoulder and Allen |  |  |  | of the druid; first *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of druid=Causer |

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