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title: so the iron loops, they were for who, mate? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the iron loops, they were for who, mate? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 2004 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: the cowboy makes the giant laugh and stops a wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 14 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: the cowboy makes the g…

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so the iron loops, they were for who, mate?

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

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 2004 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: the cowboy makes the giant laugh and stops a wedding» 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/2004-pg7885-part23/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t14:1
# text = so the iron loops, they were for who, mate?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	loops	loop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | loops *= loop* |  |  |  |  |  | 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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the sons' heads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t14:o1:1
# text = the sons' heads
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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the heads of the twelve sons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t14:o2:1
# text = the heads of the twelve sons
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the necks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t14:o3:1
# text = the necks
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	necks	neck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the hands of the twelve guests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t14:o4:1
# text = the hands of the twelve guests
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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