--- title: Did Fergus really want the dog, or was he just being a sap? — Irish Fairy Tales, Iollan and Tuiren,… · tree and pragmatics description: Did Fergus really want the dog, or was he just being a sap? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1046 «Irish Fairy Tales, Iollan and Tuiren, part 14: Uct Dealv turns the queen into a hound and sends her to Fergus» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1046-pg2892-part14/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Irish Fairy Tales, Iollan and Tuiren,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1046-pg2892-part14/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Iollan and Tuiren, part 14: Uct Dealv t… Did Fergus really want the dog, or was he just being a sap? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** want, be · **To what, where:** Fergus, sap This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1046 «Irish Fairy Tales, Iollan and Tuiren, part 14: Uct Dealv turns the queen into a hound and sends her to Fergus» 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/1046-pg2892-part14/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1046-pg2892-part14:t7:1 # text = Did Fergus really want the dog, or was he just being a sap? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 aux _ _ 2 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sap SAP NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | | Fergus | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dog=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | dog | a sap | | | | | tree rules | 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 {#o1} He wanted the dog, sure ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1046-pg2892-part14:t7:o1:1 # text = He wanted the dog, sure 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | He | the dog | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dog=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He took it cause he's scared of the dogs anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1046-pg2892-part14:t7:o2:1 # text = He took it cause he's scared of the dogs anyway 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 cause cause SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | He | it | | | | anyway *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | he | | | | | of the dogs; scared *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He was just being soft ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1046-pg2892-part14:t7:o3:1 # text = He was just being soft 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He only took it cause he can't say no to Fionn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1046-pg2892-part14:t7:o4:1 # text = He only took it cause he can't say no to Fionn 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 cause cause SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 10 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 9 discourse _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | He | it | Fionn | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to fionn=Destination | | 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | can | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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