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title: Lol, what did the duck say when Fionn grabbed it? — Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fio… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, what did the duck say when Fionn grabbed it? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1038 «Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 6: Fionn trains hard, learns to swim, and is left sneezing in a tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 6: Fionn tr…

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Lol, what did the duck say when Fionn grabbed it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** duck, Fionn · **What happens:** do, say, grab · **To what, where:** duck · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1038 «Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 6: Fionn trains hard, learns to swim, and is left sneezing in a tree» 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/1038-pg2892-part6/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t6:1
# text = Lol, what did the duck say when Fionn grabbed it?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the duck |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **grab** | past | Fionn | duck |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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"Qu--" and it was gone before the quack finished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t6:o1:1
# text = "Qu--" and it was gone before the quack finished
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Qu	Qu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	quack	quack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	finished	finish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · passive |  | Qu |  |  | before the quack |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **finish** | participle |  | the quack *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"Quack" and it slipped out of his hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t6:o2:1
# text = "Quack" and it slipped out of his hands
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Quack	quack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	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	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip out** | past | Quack | his hands |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"Qu--" and it flapped off fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t6:o3:1
# text = "Qu--" and it flapped off fast
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Qu	Qu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	flapped	flap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flap off** | past | Qu |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"Qu--" and it flew off before he could blink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t6:o4:1
# text = "Qu--" and it flew off before he could blink
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Qu	Qu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	blink	blink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly off** | past | Qu |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **blink** | could | Qu |  |  |  |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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