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title: What prophecy is foretold concerning the poet Finegas? — Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What prophecy is foretold concerning the poet Finegas? Exam question 3 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 dependency tree
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# Exam question 3 · Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge,…

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What prophecy is foretold concerning the poet Finegas?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** foretell, concern · **To what, where:** prophecy, poet

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:e3:1
# text = What prophecy is foretold concerning the poet Finegas?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	foretold	foretell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	Finegas	Finegas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **foretell** | present · passive |  | prophecy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund |  | the poet |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus poet=Experiencer |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He will catch the Salmon of Knowledge after seven years at the river and become wise

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:e3:o1:1
# text = He will catch the Salmon of Knowledge after seven years at the river and become wise
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Salmon	Salmon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Knowledge	Knowledge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
16	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | future | He | the Salmon of Knowledge |  | the river | year |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent salmon=Theme at river=Asset |
| 2 | **become** | infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | wise *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He will catch the Salmon of Knowledge and his pupil will eat it and be wise at the court

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:e3:o2:1
# text = He will catch the Salmon of Knowledge and his pupil will eat it and be wise at the court
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Salmon	Salmon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Knowledge	Knowledge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
16	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | future | He | the Salmon of Knowledge |  | the court |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent salmon=Theme at court=Asset |
| 2 | **eat** | future | Knowledge's pupil | Salmon |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | wise *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He will lose the Salmon in the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:e3:o3:1
# text = He will lose the Salmon in the river
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Salmon	Salmon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | future | He | the Salmon |  | the river |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salmon=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He will catch the Salmon of Knowledge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:e3:o4:1
# text = He will catch the Salmon of Knowledge
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Salmon	Salmon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Knowledge	Knowledge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | future | He | the Salmon of Knowledge |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salmon=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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