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title: Who came flying out of the cupboard? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who came flying out of the cupboard? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 2016 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, part 35: Ivan's honesty and the lord's purse, then a haunted cabin and a man in a box» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, part 35: Ivan's honesty…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Who came flying out of the cupboard?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** come, fly out · **To what, where:** cupboard

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 2016 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, part 35: Ivan's honesty and the lord's purse, then a haunted cabin and a man in a box» 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/2016-pg7885-part35/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:t8:1
# text = Who came flying out of the cupboard?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fly out** | gerund |  | the cupboard |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cupboard=Theme |

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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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The lad who'd drowned in the river, Patrick Rooney, the cheek of him, lads, proper wild

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:t8:o1:1
# text = The lad who'd drowned in the river, Patrick Rooney, the cheek of him, lads, proper wild
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	drowned	drown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	Patrick	Patrick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
11	Rooney	Rooney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cheek	cheek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
20	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | past · perfect | the lad  proper wild and lads |  |  | the river |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Patrick Rooney, the lad who everyone said had drowned in the river last winter, wild

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:t8:o2:1
# text = Patrick Rooney, the lad who everyone said had drowned in the river last winter, wild
1	Patrick	Patrick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	Rooney	Rooney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	drowned	drown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the lad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **drown** | past · perfect · passive |  | Patrick |  | the river and last winter |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Patrick Rooney, the lad who drowned, wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:t8:o3:1
# text = Patrick Rooney, the lad who drowned, wild
1	Patrick	Patrick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Rooney	Rooney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | past | the lad |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some ghost from the old mill, mate, wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:t8:o4:1
# text = Some ghost from the old mill, mate, wild
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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