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title: why did fionn walk out on samhain night tho — Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man f… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did fionn walk out on samhain night tho Test 5 · ★ 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 t
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# Test 5 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man from the Shi', part 1…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
why did fionn walk out on samhain night tho

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fionn · **What happens:** walk out

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:t5:1
# text = why did fionn walk out on samhain night tho
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	fionn	fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	samhain	samhain	X	FW	_	8	compound	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	tho	tho	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk out** | past · do-support | fionn |  |  |  | night | out, tho *property* | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=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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cos only a madman would

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:t5:o1:1
# text = cos only a madman would
1	cos	co	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	madman	madman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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because the whole city was locked in and only a crazy person would walk out there

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:t5:o2:1
# text = because the whole city was locked in and only a crazy person would walk out there
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	crazy	crazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
15	out	out	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock in** | past · passive |  | the whole city |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **walk out** | would | a crazy person |  |  | there |  | out *property* | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos he was bored at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:t5:o3:1
# text = cos he was bored at home
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	bored	bore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bore** | past · passive |  | he |  | home |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos everyone else was too scared to leave the house on that night of the year

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:t5:o4:1
# text = cos everyone else was too scared to leave the house on that night of the year
1	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
3	else	else	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | cos everyone; scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | to-infinitive |  | the house |  |  | night |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |

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