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title: Ha, what did Fionn even call the kid, like a nickname? — Heroic Romances, The Finding of Oisin:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ha, what did Fionn even call the kid, like a nickname? Test 6 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 6 · ★ · Heroic Romances, The Finding of Oisin: Fionn finds a naked…

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Ha, what did Fionn even call the kid, like a nickname?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fionn · **What happens:** call · **To what, where:** kid · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t6:1
# text = Ha, what did Fionn even call the kid, like a nickname?
1	Ha	ha	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	nickname	nickname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past · do-support | Fionn | the kid |  |  |  | like a nickname | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme kid=Result |

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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 {#o1}

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My Fawn, My Pulse, My Secret Little Treasure from the Hills of the North

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t6:o1:1
# text = My Fawn, My Pulse, My Secret Little Treasure from the Hills of the North
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Fawn	fawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	Pulse	pulse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
8	Secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Hills	Hill	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pulse** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom pulse «event transitive»: poss=agent |
| 2 | **treasure** |  | My |  |  | the Hills of the North |  |  | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent from=place |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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My Little Stag, My Gold, My Dear Companion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t6:o2:1
# text = My Little Stag, My Gold, My Dear Companion
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	Dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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My Fawn, My Pulse, My Secret Little Treasure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t6:o3:1
# text = My Fawn, My Pulse, My Secret Little Treasure
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Fawn	fawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	Pulse	pulse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
8	Secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pulse** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom pulse «event transitive»: poss=agent |
| 2 | **treasure** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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My Bright Wolf, My Heart, My Own Dear Boy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t6:o4:1
# text = My Bright Wolf, My Heart, My Own Dear Boy
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	Heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
9	Own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	Dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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