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description: Which individual, according to the text, composed the verses honouring the lineage of Fionn? Exam question 1 of lesson 1054 «Finn and His Companions, The Little Brawl at Allen, part 22: Goll outgives Fionn at the banquet and admits killing Fionn's father» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 1 · Finn and His Companions, The Little Brawl at Allen, part 2…

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Which individual, according to the text, composed the verses honouring the lineage of Fionn?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** text, verses · **What happens:** accord, compose, honour · **To what, where:** verses, lineage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1054 «Finn and His Companions, The Little Brawl at Allen, part 22: Goll outgives Fionn at the banquet and admits killing Fionn's father» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1054-pg2892-part22/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:e1:1
# text = Which individual, according to the text, composed the verses honouring the lineage of Fionn?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	individual	individual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	composed	compose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	verses	verse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	honouring	honour	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lineage	lineage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **compose** | past | the text *not said here* | the verses |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Result |
| 3 | **honour** | gerund | the verses *not said here* | the lineage of Fionn |  |  |  |  | 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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Cairell, called Red-Mouth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:e1:o1:1
# text = Cairell, called Red-Mouth
1	Cairell	Cairell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Mouth	Mouth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle |  | Cairell *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Confro, called Gold-Tongue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:e1:o2:1
# text = Confro, called Gold-Tongue
1	Confro	Confro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle | Confro *not said here* | Gold Tongue |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fergus, called True-Lips, the Fianna's poet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:e1:o3:1
# text = Fergus, called True-Lips, the Fianna's poet
1	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle | Fergus *not said here* | True Lips |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Fergus, called True-Lips

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:e1:o4:1
# text = Fergus, called True-Lips
1	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle | Fergus *not said here* | True Lips |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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.

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