--- title: With what object did the robber advise Fionn to swim in the lake? — Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn, part 8: Fion… · tree and pragmatics description: With what object did the robber advise Fionn to swim in the lake? Exam question 1 of lesson 1040 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn, part 8: Fionn grows strong, is hunted, leaves the boys' lake and serves a king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1040-pg2892-part8/e1/) [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, Fionn, part 8: Fion…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1040-pg2892-part8/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn, part 8: Fionn grows strong, is h… With what object did the robber advise Fionn to swim in the lake? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** robber · **What happens:** advise, swim · **To what, where:** Fionn, lake This is exam question 1 of lesson 1040 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn, part 8: Fionn grows strong, is hunted, leaves the boys' lake and serves a king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1040-pg2892-part8/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1040-pg2892-part8:e1:1 # text = With what object did the robber advise Fionn to swim in the lake? 1 With with ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obl _ _ 3 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 advise advise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 iobj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **advise** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the robber | | Fionn | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent fionn=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **swim** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the robber *not said here* | | | the lake | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lake=Trajectory | 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} a flat stone for weighting his head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1040-pg2892-part8:e1:o1:1 # text = a flat stone for weighting his head 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 weighting weight VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weight** | gerund | a flat stone *not said here* | his head | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme head=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} a rope ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1040-pg2892-part8:e1:o2:1 # text = a rope 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a sharp hunting blade of bronze ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1040-pg2892-part8:e1:o3:1 # text = a sharp hunting blade of bronze 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 blade blade NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 bronze bronze NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} a knife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1040-pg2892-part8:e1:o4:1 # text = a knife 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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