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# Test 1 · ★ · Heroic Romances, The Finding of Oisin: Fionn finds a naked…

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Yo, did Fionn's hounds actually get beaten by a hundred dogs or is that just a made-up story thing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hundred dogs · **What happens:** do, beat, make up, be · **To what, where:** hounds, made story thing

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1050 «Heroic Romances, The Finding of Oisin: Fionn finds a naked boy among the fighting hounds and takes him home as his own» 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/1050-pg2892-part18/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t1:1
# text = Yo, did Fionn's hounds actually get beaten by a hundred dogs or is that just a made-up story thing?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	hounds	hound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	beaten	beat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:agent	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
17	just	just	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
19	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	up	up	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	_
22	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Fionn's hounds |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hound=Eventuality |
| 2 | **beat** | present · passive | hundred dogs | Fionn's hounds *not said here* |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 3 | **make up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | present | hundred dogs *not said here* | a made story thing |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Yeah, a hundred dogs chased the five wise hounds off the slope into the trees

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, a hundred dogs chased the five wise hounds off the slope into the trees
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hounds	hound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	slope	slope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past | a hundred dogs | the five wise hounds |  | the trees |  | off the slope | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hound=Theme off slope=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they just barked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t1:o2:1
# text = Nah, they just barked
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	barked	bark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bark** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, just five hounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, just five hounds
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	hounds	hound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the five wise hounds were holding a circle against a hundred dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t1:o4:1
# text = Nah, the five wise hounds were holding a circle against a hundred dogs
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hounds	hound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	against	against	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past · progressive | the five wise hounds | a circle |  |  |  | against hundred dogs | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent circle=Theme against dog=Location |

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