--- title: Wait, whose voice did Fionn reckon was sweeter? — Celtic Legends, Fionn and the Fawn, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, whose voice did Fionn reckon was sweeter? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1048 «Celtic Legends, Fionn and the Fawn, part 16: the pet fawn is spared, and Saeve comes to Fionn's door at night» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1048-pg2892-part16/t11/) [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/) / [Celtic Legends, Fionn and the Fawn, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1048-pg2892-part16/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Celtic Legends, Fionn and the Fawn, part 16: the pet fawn… Wait, whose voice did Fionn reckon was sweeter? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, voice · **What happens:** wait, reckon, be This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1048 «Celtic Legends, Fionn and the Fawn, part 16: the pet fawn is spared, and Saeve comes to Fionn's door at night» 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/1048-pg2892-part16/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1048-pg2892-part16:t11:1 # text = Wait, whose voice did Fionn reckon was sweeter? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 reckon reckon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 sweeter sweet ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **reckon** | past · do-support | voice | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | voice *not said here* | | | | | sweet *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} the hounds' yelping ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1048-pg2892-part16:t11:o1:1 # text = the hounds' yelping 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hounds hound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ' 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 yelping yelping NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yelp** | | the hounds | | | | | | nom yelping «event intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} the lark's song ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1048-pg2892-part16:t11:o2:1 # text = the lark's song 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lark lark NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** | | the lark | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Saeve's voice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1048-pg2892-part16:t11:o3:1 # text = Saeve's voice 1 Saeve Saeve PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the cuckoo's call ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1048-pg2892-part16:t11:o4:1 # text = the cuckoo's call 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cuckoo cuckoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | | the cuckoo | | | | | | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Celtic Legends, Fionn and the Fawn, pa…, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1048-pg2892-part16/t10/) - next →: [Celtic Legends, Fionn and the Fawn, pa…, test 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1048-pg2892-part16/t12/) - ↑ back to [Celtic Legends, Fionn and the Fawn, part 16: the pet fawn is spared, and Saeve comes to Fionn's door at night](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1048-pg2892-part16/)