--- title: What reason does the king give for dismissing the boy from his court? — Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the… · tree and pragmatics description: What reason does the king give for dismissing the boy from his court? Exam question 2 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1041-pg2892-part9/e2/) [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/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge,… What reason does the king give for dismissing the boy from his court? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reason, king · **What happens:** do, give, dismiss · **To what, where:** boy, court This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:e2:1 # text = What reason does the king give for dismissing the boy from his court? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 dismissing dismiss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | what reason | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | present | the king | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **dismiss** | gerund | the king *not said here* | the boy | | king's court | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent boy=Theme from court=Source | 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} He wishes the boy to go home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:e2:o1:1 # text = He wishes the boy to go home 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wishes wish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 7 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | present | He | the boy | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot boy=Theme | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the boy *not said here* | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He wants him to leave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:e2:o2:1 # text = He wants him to leave 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | He | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He is jealous ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:e2:o3:1 # text = He is jealous 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | jealous *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He fears the boy's death under his protection ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:e2:o4:1 # text = He fears the boy's death under his protection 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fears fear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 under under ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 protection protection NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | present | He | the boy's death | | boy's protection | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer death=Stimulus | | 2 | **die** | | the boy | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 3 | **protect** | | boy | | | | | | nom protection «act transitive»: poss=agent | **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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