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title: Where did Finegas gaff himself, like? — Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where did Finegas gaff himself, like? Test 5 · ★ 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
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# Test 5 · ★ · Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge,…

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Where did Finegas gaff himself, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Finegas gaff · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t5:1
# text = Where did Finegas gaff himself, like?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	Finegas	Finegas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	gaff	gaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	1	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Finegas gaff |  |  |  |  | where *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 {#o1}

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on a bank of the great Boyne Water in the valley

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t5:o1:1
# text = on a bank of the great Boyne Water in the valley
1	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	Boyne	Boyne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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in a cosy hut beside the Boyne Water and the salmon pool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t5:o2:1
# text = in a cosy hut beside the Boyne Water and the salmon pool
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	cosy	cosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Boyne	Boyne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	salmon	salmon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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beside the Shannon bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t5:o3:1
# text = beside the Shannon bank
1	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Shannon	Shannon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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beside the Boyne Water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t5:o4:1
# text = beside the Boyne Water
1	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Boyne	Boyne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Water	Water	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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