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title: What was Finnian doing with him at the end? — Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairil… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was Finnian doing with him at the end? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1036 «Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairill, the salmon's journey and rebirth» 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 was right.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairill, the salmon's jour…

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What was Finnian doing with him at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** end

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1036 «Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairill, the salmon's journey and rebirth» 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/1036-pg2892-part4/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1036-pg2892-part4:t9:1
# text = What was Finnian doing with him at the end?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	Finnian	finnian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | finnian *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund |  |  |  |  | at the end | with him *= he* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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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Baptizing him in the river, so he's now part of the family of God forever more

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1036-pg2892-part4:t9:o1:1
# text = Baptizing him in the river, so he's now part of the family of God forever more
1	Baptizing	baptize	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **baptize** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | the river |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Result |
| 2 | **is a** | present | he | part |  |  | now | of the family of God | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Blessing him, so he's a child of God

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1036-pg2892-part4:t9:o2:1
# text = Blessing him, so he's a child of God
1	Blessing	bless	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bless** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | he | a child |  |  |  | of God | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cooking him, so he's in the king's house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1036-pg2892-part4:t9:o3:1
# text = Cooking him, so he's in the king's house
1	Cooking	cook	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  | the king's house |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Baptizing him, so he's in the family of God

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1036-pg2892-part4:t9:o4:1
# text = Baptizing him, so he's in the family of God
1	Baptizing	baptize	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **baptize** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Result |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  | the family |  | of God | tree rules |

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