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title: Was Fergus the poet with True-Lips, the gobby one? — Finn and His Companions, The Little Br… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was Fergus the poet with True-Lips, the gobby one? Test 3 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 3 · ★ · Finn and His Companions, The Little Brawl at Allen, part 2…

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Was Fergus the poet with True-Lips, the gobby one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Fergus

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This is test 3 · ★ 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t3:1
# text = Was Fergus the poet with True-Lips, the gobby one?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
2	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	gobby	gobby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Fergus |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, Fergus True-Lips, sang about Goll's whole clan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t3:o1:1
# text = Yeah, Fergus True-Lips, sang about Goll's whole clan
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
4	True	True	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	Goll	Goll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	clan	clan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Fergus Lips |  |  |  |  | about Goll's whole clan | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about clan=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, Fergus True-Lips, sang about Fionn's whole family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t3:o2:1
# text = Yeah, Fergus True-Lips, sang about Fionn's whole family
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
4	True	True	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Fergus Lips |  |  |  |  | about Fionn's whole family | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about family=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yeah, Fergus True-Lips, sang about Fionn's whole family line at the feast

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t3:o3:1
# text = Yeah, Fergus True-Lips, sang about Fionn's whole family line at the feast
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
4	True	True	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Fergus Lips |  |  | the feast |  | about Fionn's whole family line | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about line=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yeah, Fergus True-Lips, sang about Fionn's whole family and the old war at Allen

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t3:o4:1
# text = Yeah, Fergus True-Lips, sang about Fionn's whole family and the old war at Allen
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
4	True	True	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Allen	Allen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Fergus Lips |  |  |  |  | about Fionn's whole family and the old war at Allen | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about family=Location |

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