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title: what was that thing coming in the dark — Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man f… · tree and pragmatics
description: what was that thing coming in the dark Test 12 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man from the Shi', part 1…

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what was that thing coming in the dark

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** thing · **What happens:** come · **To what, where:** dark

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:t12:1
# text = what was that thing coming in the dark
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past · progressive | thing |  |  | the dark |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a darker movement and a presence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:t12:o1:1
# text = a darker movement and a presence
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	darker	dark	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a horse with a rider on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:t12:o2:1
# text = a horse with a rider on it
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rider	rider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a dark shape and a huge noise that made everything go silent for ages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:t12:o3:1
# text = a dark shape and a huge noise that made everything go silent for ages
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	obj	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | a huge noise | everything |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everything=Product |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | a dark shape and a huge noise |  |  |  | for ages | silent *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for age=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a man with a torch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:t12:o4:1
# text = a man with a torch
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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