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title: Hang on, so where did the lad live before this, like on a farm? — Heroic Romances, The Finding of Oisin:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Hang on, so where did the lad live before this, like on a farm? Test 8 · ★ 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 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Heroic Romances, The Finding of Oisin: Fionn finds a naked…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hang on, so where did the lad live before this, like on a farm?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** hang on, do, live · **To what, where:** lad, this

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t8:1
# text = Hang on, so where did the lad live before this, like on a farm?
1	Hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang on** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the lad |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Eventuality |
| 3 | **live** | present | you *not said here* |  |  | this |  | like a farm | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before this=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wide beautiful place with hills and woods, but always a cliff he couldn't climb

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t8:o1:1
# text = A wide beautiful place with hills and woods, but always a cliff he couldn't climb
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	13	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **climb** | could | he | a wide beautiful place with hills and woods but a cliff *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location place=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On a farm near the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t8:o2:1
# text = On a farm near the hills
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wide place with fields and rivers, but always a steep wall he couldn't scale

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t8:o3:1
# text = A wide place with fields and rivers, but always a steep wall he couldn't scale
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	13	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **scale** | could | a steep wall |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A green valley with a river, but always a wall he couldn't cross

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t8:o4:1
# text = A green valley with a river, but always a wall he couldn't cross
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cross** | could | he | a wall *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient |

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