--- title: What did Finegas say his poems were, like? — Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the… · tree and pragmatics description: What did Finegas say his poems were, like? Test 10 · ★ 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 and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1041-pg2892-part9/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge,… What did Finegas say his poems were, like? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Finegas · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** poems · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t10:1 # text = What did Finegas say his poems were, like? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Finegas Finegas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 poems poem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Finegas | Finegas's poems | | | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme poem=Manner | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} the ones he's fit for ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t10:o1:1 # text = the ones he's fit for 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 fit fit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | the ones *not said here* | | | | fit *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} the ones he can make ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t10:o2:1 # text = the ones he can make 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | can | he | the ones *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} fine verses ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t10:o3:1 # text = fine verses 1 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 verses verse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} his old songs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t10:o4:1 # text = his old songs 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: 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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