--- title: Upon what basis does the king pronounce the boy's true parentage? — Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon what basis does the king pronounce the boy's true parentage? Exam question 1 of lesson 1041 «Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge, part 9: Fionn beats the king at chess, is unmasked, and goes to learn from Finegas» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1041-pg2892-part9/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/) / [Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1041-pg2892-part9/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge,… Upon what basis does the king pronounce the boy's true parentage? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king, boy · **What happens:** pronounce, parent · **To what, where:** true parentage This is exam question 1 of lesson 1041 «Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge, part 9: Fionn beats the king at chess, is unmasked, and goes to learn from Finegas» 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/1041-pg2892-part9/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:e1:1 # text = Upon what basis does the king pronounce the boy's true parentage? 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obl _ _ 3 basis basis NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 pronounce pronounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 parentage parentage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pronounce** | present · do-support | the king | the boy's true parentage | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parentage=Theme | | 2 | **parent** | | the boy | | | | | | nom parentage «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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} By the boy's own word ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:e1:o1:1 # text = By the boy's own word 1 By by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **word** | | the boy | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He sees a sign ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:e1:o2:1 # text = He sees a sign 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | He | a sign | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sign=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} He names Uall mac Balscne as father, having heard the boy's whole story ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:e1:o3:1 # text = He names Uall mac Balscne as father, having heard the boy's whole story 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 names name VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Uall Uall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 mac Mac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 Balscne Balscne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 csubj _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | present | He | Uall mac | | | | as father | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent mac=Theme as father=Attribute | | 2 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hear** | past | having | the boy's whole story | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He names Uall mac Balscne as father ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:e1:o4:1 # text = He names Uall mac Balscne as father 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 names name VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Uall Uall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 mac Mac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 Balscne Balscne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | present | He | Uall mac | | | | as father | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent mac=Theme as father=Attribute | **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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