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title: How did the aunts work out the future, like? — Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fio… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did the aunts work out the future, like? Test 9 · ★ 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 of ea
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# Test 9 · ★ · Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 6: Fionn tr…

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How did the aunts work out the future, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** aunts · **What happens:** work out · **To what, where:** future

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t9:1
# text = How did the aunts work out the future, like?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	aunts	aunt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work out** | past · do-support | the aunts | the future |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent future=Topic |

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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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Stars, rain, sheep, fish and skulls over their heads at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t9:o1:1
# text = Stars, rain, sheep, fish and skulls over their heads at night
1	Stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	skulls	skull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Clouds, shadows, birds, flies and bones over their shoulders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t9:o2:1
# text = Clouds, shadows, birds, flies and bones over their shoulders
1	Clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	shadows	shadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Clouds, shadows, birds, flies, bones and dead sticks thrown over their shoulders in the dark house

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t9:o3:1
# text = Clouds, shadows, birds, flies, bones and dead sticks thrown over their shoulders in the dark house
1	Clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	shadows	shadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
13	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
14	over	over	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | participle |  | Clouds and shadows and birds and flies and bones and dead sticks *not said here* |  | sticks's shoulders |  | in the dark house | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent over shoulder=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Smoke, water, rivers, leaves and stones on their backs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t9:o4:1
# text = Smoke, water, rivers, leaves and stones on their backs
1	Smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	backs	back	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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