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title: Which entity is it that Fionn perceives approaching in the final pas… — Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man f… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which entity is it that Fionn perceives approaching in the final passage of this part? Exam question 1 of lesson 1044 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man from the Shi', part 12: Fionn waits alone in the dark, meets his old friend Fiacuil, and gets ready for the Man of the Shi'» of the books course
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# Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man from the Shi', part 1…

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Which entity is it that Fionn perceives approaching in the final passage of this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** entity, part · **What happens:** be, perceive, approach, pass · **To what, where:** it, final passage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1044 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man from the Shi', part 12: Fionn waits alone in the dark, meets his old friend Fiacuil, and gets ready for the Man of the Shi'» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1044-pg2892-part12/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:e1:1
# text = Which entity is it that Fionn perceives approaching in the final passage of this part?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	entity	entity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	perceives	perceive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	approaching	approach	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **perceive** | present | which entity |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **approach** | gerund | which entity *not said here* |  |  | the final passage of this part |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **pass** |  | this part |  |  |  |  |  | nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A darker presence, moving through the moonlit night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:e1:o1:1
# text = A darker presence, moving through the moonlit night
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	darker	dark	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	moonlit	moonlit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund | a darker presence *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A great black creature from the Shi', rising from the mound and moving through the moonlit night toward the plain

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:e1:o2:1
# text = A great black creature from the Shi', rising from the mound and moving through the moonlit night toward the plain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Shi	Shi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	',	',	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mound	mound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	conj	_	_
15	through	through	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	moonlit	moonlit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | gerund | a great black creature from the Shi *not said here* |  |  | the mound |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from mound=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **move** | gerund | a great black creature from the Shi *not said here* |  |  | the plain | night |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme toward plain=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A hidden warrior, approaching slowly across the marsh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:e1:o3:1
# text = A hidden warrior, approaching slowly across the marsh
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	approaching	approach	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	marsh	marsh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **approach** | gerund | a hidden warrior *not said here* |  |  | the marsh |  | slowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme across marsh=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A darker presence, moving through the moonlit night, carrying a spear wrapped in cloth and blood

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:e1:o4:1
# text = A darker presence, moving through the moonlit night, carrying a spear wrapped in cloth and blood
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	darker	dark	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	moonlit	moonlit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund | a darker presence *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **carry** | gerund | a darker presence *not said here* | a spear |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme |
| 3 | **wrap** | participle |  | a spear *not said here* |  | cloth and blood |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in cloth=Destination |

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