--- title: What's the story saying about asking questions? — Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the… · tree and pragmatics description: What's the story saying about asking questions? Test 13 · ★ 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 pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1041-pg2892-part9/t13/) [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/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge,… What's the story saying about asking questions? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** story · **What happens:** be, say, ask · **To what, where:** questions · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t13:1 # text = What's the story saying about asking questions? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 about about SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the story | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the story *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | the story *not said here* | questions | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | 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} we get tired of asking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t13:o1:1 # text = we get tired of asking 1 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | we | | | | | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} we get wise even unanswered ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t13:o2:1 # text = we get wise even unanswered 1 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 unanswered unanswered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | we | | | | | unanswered, wise *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} it's pointless ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t13:o3:1 # text = it's pointless 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 pointless pointless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | pointless *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} we learn a bit from each try ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t13:o4:1 # text = we learn a bit from each try 1 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 learn learn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 try try NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | present | we | a bit | | each try | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bit=Topic from try=Source | **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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