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title: Ach, who even was Fionn's ma? — Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ach, who even was Fionn's ma? Test 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 2 · ★ · Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge,…

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Ach, who even was Fionn's ma?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ach · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** ma

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This is test 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. 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t2:1
# text = Ach, who even was Fionn's ma?
1	Ach	Ach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	ma	ma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Ach | Fionn's ma |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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the king's wife, Muirne of the Luigne hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t2:o1:1
# text = the king's wife, Muirne of the Luigne hills
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Muirne	Muirne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Luigne	Luigne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Muirne

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t2:o2:1
# text = Muirne
1	Muirne	Muirne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Muirne, the daughter of the chief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t2:o3:1
# text = Muirne, the daughter of the chief
1	Muirne	Muirne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sadbh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t2:o4:1
# text = Sadbh
1	Sadbh	Sadbh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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