--- title: Gonna be dead honest, whose son did the king say Fionn really was? — Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Gonna be dead honest, whose son did the king say Fionn really was? Test 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 dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1041-pg2892-part9/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge,… Gonna be dead honest, whose son did the king say Fionn really was? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gonna, son, king, Fionn · **What happens:** be, do, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 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. 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t3:1 # text = Gonna be dead honest, whose son did the king say Fionn really was? 1 Gonna Gonna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 really really ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | infinitive | Gonna | | | | | honest *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | son | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **be** | past | Fionn | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 {#o1} Uall mac Balscne's, from the Luigne of Tara ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t3:o1:1 # text = Uall mac Balscne's, from the Luigne of Tara 1 Uall Uall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 mac Mac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Balscne Balscne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Luigne Luigne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Tara Tara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} that Uall mac Balscne bloke from the Luigne ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t3:o2:1 # text = that Uall mac Balscne bloke from the Luigne 1 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 Uall Uall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 mac Mac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Balscne Balscne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 bloke bloke NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Luigne Luigne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Uall mac Balscne's ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t3:o3:1 # text = Uall mac Balscne's 1 Uall Uall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 mac Mac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 Balscne Balscne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Dathi mac Fergus ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t3:o4:1 # text = Dathi mac Fergus 1 Dathi Dathi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 mac Mac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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