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title: What was Fionn hoping for while he was there? — Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was Fionn hoping for while he was there? Test 11 · ★ 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 pragmati
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# Test 11 · ★ · Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge,…

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What was Fionn hoping for while he was there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Fionn · **What happens:** hope, be

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t11:1
# text = What was Fionn hoping for while he was there?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hoping	hope	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | past · progressive | Fionn |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | Fionn |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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to catch the salmon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t11:o1:1
# text = to catch the salmon
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	catch	catch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	salmon	salmon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to win the hazel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t11:o2:1
# text = to win the hazel
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	win	win	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hazel	hazel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | to-infinitive |  | the hazel |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hazel=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to meet the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t11:o3:1
# text = to meet the king
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	meet	meet	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | to-infinitive |  | the king |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to catch the Salmon of Knowledge and become the wisest man alive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t11:o4:1
# text = to catch the Salmon of Knowledge and become the wisest man alive
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Salmon	Salmon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Knowledge	Knowledge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	become	become	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wisest	wise	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	_
12	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the Salmon of Knowledge |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salmon=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | imperative | you *not said here* | the wisest man |  |  |  | alive *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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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