--- title: did the teacher say the fish was for Fionn or for himself? — Irish Fairy Tales, The Salmon of Knowl… · tree and pragmatics description: did the teacher say the fish was for Fionn or for himself? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1042 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Salmon of Knowledge, part 10: Fionn roasts the salmon, is tempted, and sets out for Tara» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1042-pg2892-part10/t5/) [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/) / [Irish Fairy Tales, The Salmon of Knowl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1042-pg2892-part10/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Salmon of Knowledge, part 10: Fionn… did the teacher say the fish was for Fionn or for himself? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher, fish · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1042 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Salmon of Knowledge, part 10: Fionn roasts the salmon, is tempted, and sets out for Tara» 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/1042-pg2892-part10/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1042-pg2892-part10:t5:1 # text = did the teacher say the fish was for Fionn or for himself? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the teacher | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | fish | | | | | for the Fionn | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} for his pupil ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1042-pg2892-part10:t5:o1:1 # text = for his pupil 1 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} for the king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1042-pg2892-part10:t5:o2:1 # text = for the king 1 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} for Fionn, the lad he'd taught ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1042-pg2892-part10:t5:o3:1 # text = for Fionn, the lad he'd taught 1 for for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 7 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | the lad *not said here* | Fionn | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} for Fionn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1042-pg2892-part10:t5:o4:1 # text = for Fionn 1 for for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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