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title: By what name was the boy known during his infancy in the wood? — Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what name was the boy known during his infancy in the wood? Exam question 4 of lesson 1037 «Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 5: Fionn grows up hidden in the woods, climbs trees, and is secretly visited by his mother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 4 · Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 5: Fionn grows up…

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By what name was the boy known during his infancy in the wood?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, know · **To what, where:** boy

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1037 «Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 5: Fionn grows up hidden in the woods, climbs trees, and is secretly visited by his mother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1037-pg2892-part5/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:e4:1
# text = By what name was the boy known during his infancy in the wood?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	infancy	infancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the boy |  |  |  | by name | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | participle |  | the boy *not said here* |  |  | during boy's infancy in the wood |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Fionn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:e4:o1:1
# text = Fionn
1	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dermot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:e4:o2:1
# text = Dermot
1	Dermot	dermot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cael

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:e4:o3:1
# text = Cael
1	Cael	Cael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Deimne

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:e4:o4:1
# text = Deimne
1	Deimne	Deimne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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