--- title: Wait, what did Fiacuil do to the poets? — Irish Fairy Tales, The Boyhood Deeds o… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what did Fiacuil do to the poets? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1039 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, part 7: Fionn is spared by the robber Fiacuil and carried off to his marsh den» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1039-pg2892-part7/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 Fairy Tales, The Boyhood Deeds o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1039-pg2892-part7/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, part 7: Fio… Wait, what did Fiacuil do to the poets? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Fiacuil · **What happens:** wait, do This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1039 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, part 7: Fionn is spared by the robber Fiacuil and carried off to his marsh den» 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/1039-pg2892-part7/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1039-pg2892-part7:t4:1 # text = Wait, what did Fiacuil do to the poets? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 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 Fiacuil Fiacuil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 poets poet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past · do-support | Fiacuil | | | | | to the poets | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Killed every single one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1039-pg2892-part7:t4:o1:1 # text = Killed every single one 1 Killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 3 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | participle | | every single one | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Killed them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1039-pg2892-part7:t4:o2:1 # text = Killed them 1 Killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past | | them *= they* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Spared them all alive ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1039-pg2892-part7:t4:o3:1 # text = Spared them all alive 1 Spared spare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ 4 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spare** | past | | them *= they* | | | | alive *property* | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} Robbed them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1039-pg2892-part7:t4:o4:1 # text = Robbed them 1 Robbed rob VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rob** | participle | | them *= they* | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Source | **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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