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title: Bruv, why'd Fionn's mum sneak in, like, lowkey? — Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, why'd Fionn's mum sneak in, like, lowkey? Test 2 · ★ 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 and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 5: Fionn grows up…

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Bruv, why'd Fionn's mum sneak in, like, lowkey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** sneak in

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This is test 2 · ★ 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. 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:t2:1
# text = Bruv, why'd Fionn's mum sneak in, like, lowkey?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
5	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sneak	sneak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneak in** | present | Fionn's mum |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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she feared the sons of Morna would take the boy away at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:t2:o1:1
# text = she feared the sons of Morna would take the boy away at once
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Morna	Morna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **take away** | would | the sons of Morna | the boy |  |  |  | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she feared the sons of Morna and the hunt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:t2:o2:1
# text = she feared the sons of Morna and the hunt
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Morna	Morna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | she | the sons of Morna and the hunt |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she dreaded the king's spies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:t2:o3:1
# text = she dreaded the king's spies
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dreaded	dread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	spies	spy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dread** | past | she | the king's spies |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spy=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she feared the sons of Morna

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:t2:o4:1
# text = she feared the sons of Morna
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Morna	Morna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | she | the sons of Morna |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus |

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