--- title: What's the Salmon of Knowledge supposed to be, sound? — Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the… · tree and pragmatics description: What's the Salmon of Knowledge supposed to be, sound? Test 9 · ★ 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 p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1041-pg2892-part9/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge,… What's the Salmon of Knowledge supposed to be, sound? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, suppose · **To what, where:** Salmon This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t9:1 # text = What's the Salmon of Knowledge supposed to be, sound? 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 Salmon Salmon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Knowledge Knowledge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 sound sound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **suppose** | participle | | the Salmon of Knowledge *not said here* | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | sound *property* | tree rules | 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} a trout that sings in the pool ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t9:o1:1 # text = a trout that sings in the pool 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 trout trout NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sings sing VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | a trout | | | the pool | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pool=Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} a fish that brings all knowledge ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t9:o2:1 # text = a fish that brings all knowledge 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | present | a fish | all knowledge | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent knowledge=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} a fish that brings all knowledge to whoever eats it from the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t9:o3:1 # text = a fish that brings all knowledge to whoever eats it from the river 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 obl _ _ 9 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | present | a fish | all knowledge | | whoever | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent knowledge=Theme to whoever=Destination | | 2 | **eat** | present | a fish | knowledge | | the river | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} a fish that grants great wisdom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1041-pg2892-part9:t9:o4:1 # text = a fish that grants great wisdom 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grants grant VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grant** | present | a fish | great wisdom | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wisdom=Theme | **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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