--- title: Lol, what did he do to the nettles, no cap? — Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Lol, what did he do to the nettles, no cap? Test 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 and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1037-pg2892-part5/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1037-pg2892-part5/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 5: Fionn grows up… Lol, what did he do to the nettles, no cap? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** do This is test 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. 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:t4:1 # text = Lol, what did he do to the nettles, no cap? 1 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 nettles nettle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | he | | | | | to the nettles no cap | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} he burned them with a torch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:t4:o1:1 # text = he burned them with a torch 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 torch torch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | past | he | them *= they* | | | | with a torch | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with torch=Instrument | ### Option 2 {#o2} he slashed them with a stick until none were left standing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:t4:o2:1 # text = he slashed them with a stick until none were left standing 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slashed slash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 until until SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 11 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slash** | past | he | them *= they* | | | | with a stick | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient with stick=Instrument | | 2 | **leave** | past · passive | | none | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stand** | gerund | none *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} he slashed them down with a stick and stamped ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:t4:o3:1 # text = he slashed them down with a stick and stamped 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slashed slash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 stamped stamp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slash down** | past | he | them *= they* | | | | with a stick | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient with stick=Instrument | | 2 | **stamp** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} he slashed them with a stick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:t4:o4:1 # text = he slashed them with a stick 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slashed slash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slash** | past | he | them *= they* | | | | with a stick | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient with stick=Instrument | **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. 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