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title: Wagon, what did the Fianna argue about at the end? — Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn, part 8: Fion… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wagon, what did the Fianna argue about at the end? Test 8 · ★ 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 question and of each op
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# Test 8 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn, part 8: Fionn grows strong, is h…

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Wagon, what did the Fianna argue about at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Wagon, Fianna · **What happens:** do, argue

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This is test 8 · ★ 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. 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1040-pg2892-part8:t8:1
# text = Wagon, what did the Fianna argue about at the end?
1	Wagon	wagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	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	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	argue	argue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	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 | Wagon |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | the Fianna |  |  |  | about the end |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about end=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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the finest music in the world and who among them could sing it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1040-pg2892-part8:t8:o1:1
# text = the finest music in the world and who among them could sing it
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	finest	fine	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	among	among	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	conj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | could | the finest music in the world | world |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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the best weapon in the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1040-pg2892-part8:t8:o2:1
# text = the best weapon in the land
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	weapon	weapon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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the finest music in the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1040-pg2892-part8:t8:o3:1
# text = the finest music in the world
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	finest	fine	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the finest music in the world, and which harp could play it best

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1040-pg2892-part8:t8:o4:1
# text = the finest music in the world, and which harp could play it best
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	finest	fine	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	10	det	_	_
10	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | could | which harp | music |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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