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title: u reckon fiacuil was actually brave or just mate — Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man f… · tree and pragmatics
description: u reckon fiacuil was actually brave or just mate Test 6 · ★ 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 depende
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# Test 6 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man from the Shi', part 1…

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u reckon fiacuil was actually brave or just mate

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u · **What happens:** reckon, be · **To what, where:** fiacuil

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:t6:1
# text = u reckon fiacuil was actually brave or just mate
1	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
3	fiacuil	fiacuil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | u | fiacuil |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent fiacuil=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | actually, brave *property* | tree rules |

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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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brave but he was shook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:t6:o1:1
# text = brave but he was shook
1	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	shook	shake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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just scared mate tbh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:t6:o2:1
# text = just scared mate tbh
1	just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	tbh	tbh	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he was properly brave until the music started and then he got really shook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:t6:o3:1
# text = he was properly brave until the music started and then he got really shook
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
13	really	really	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	shook	shook	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | brave, properly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **start** | past | the music |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **get** | past | music |  |  |  | then |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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brave lol but a bit scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:t6:o4:1
# text = brave lol but a bit scared
1	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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