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title: so Tuiren was Fionn's aunt, not his sis? — Gods and Fighting Men, The Birth of Br… · tree and pragmatics
description: so Tuiren was Fionn's aunt, not his sis? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1045 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Birth of Bran, part 13: Fionn slays Aillen, Goll submits to Fionn, and Tuiren marries Iollan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 7 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, The Birth of Bran, part 13: Fionn s…

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so Tuiren was Fionn's aunt, not his sis?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tuiren · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** aunt

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1045 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Birth of Bran, part 13: Fionn slays Aillen, Goll submits to Fionn, and Tuiren marries Iollan» 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/1045-pg2892-part13/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1045-pg2892-part13:t7:1
# text = so Tuiren was Fionn's aunt, not his sis?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	sis	sis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Tuiren | Fionn's aunt and Tuiren's sis |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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yeah, she was his young auntie, her sister was his mum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1045-pg2892-part13:t7:o1:1
# text = yeah, she was his young auntie, her sister was his mum
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	auntie	auntie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | his young auntie and his mum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | her sister | his mum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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nah she was his sister for real, their mum was the same woman as his mum

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1045-pg2892-part13:t7:o2:1
# text = nah she was his sister for real, their mum was the same woman as his mum
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | his sister |  |  |  | for real | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | their mum | the same woman |  |  |  | as his mum | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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yeah she was his young auntie, and her sister was his mum so they're sort of family

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1045-pg2892-part13:t7:o3:1
# text = yeah she was his young auntie, and her sister was his mum so they're sort of family
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	auntie	auntie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
14	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | his young auntie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | her sister | his mum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | so sort; of family | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah she was his auntie, her sister was his mam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1045-pg2892-part13:t7:o4:1
# text = yeah she was his auntie, her sister was his mam
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	auntie	auntie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	mam	mam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | his auntie and his mam |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | her sister | his mam |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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