--- title: Wha'? The herald, did he know the lad? — Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: F… · tree and pragmatics description: Wha'? The herald, did he know the lad? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 1043 «Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defend Tara against Aillen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1043-pg2892-part11/t14/) [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/) / [Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: F…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1043-pg2892-part11/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defen… Wha'? The herald, did he know the lad? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** herald · **What happens:** know · **To what, where:** lad This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1043 «Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defend Tara against Aillen» 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/1043-pg2892-part11/#t14). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Wha'? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:t14:1 # text = Wha'? 1 Wha Wha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ' 's PART POS _ 1 case _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* The herald, did he know the lad? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:t14:2 # text = The herald, did he know the lad? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 herald herald NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past · do-support | the herald | the lad | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer lad=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, the herald knew him well from the fort of Uail's house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:t14:o1:1 # text = Yes, the herald knew him well from the fort of Uail's house 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 herald herald NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fort fort NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 Uail Uail PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the herald | him *= he* | | the fort of Uail's house | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, nobody in the hall had ever seen him at a feast before this night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:t14:o2:1 # text = No, nobody in the hall had ever seen him at a feast before this night 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 9 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 9 advmod _ _ 9 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 before before ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · perfect | nobody | him *= he* | | a feast | ever; night | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, nobody knew him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:t14:o3:1 # text = No, nobody knew him 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 4 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | nobody | him *= he* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, he was a stranger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:t14:o4:1 # text = No, he was a stranger 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | he | a stranger | | | | | tree rules | **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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