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title: Cona'n, what was the scrap at Allen about, like? — Finn and His Companions, The Little Br… · tree and pragmatics
description: Cona'n, what was the scrap at Allen about, like? Test 4 · ★ 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 the 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Finn and His Companions, The Little Brawl at Allen, part 2…

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Cona'n, what was the scrap at Allen about, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cona'n · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** scrap, Allen

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t4:1
# text = Cona'n, what was the scrap at Allen about, like?
1	Cona'n	Cona'n	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	scrap	scrap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Allen	Allen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Cona'n | the scrap |  | Allen |  |  | 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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a quarrel over a hound, both sides blamed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t4:o1:1
# text = a quarrel over a hound, both sides blamed
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	blamed	blame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | participle |  | both sides *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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eleven hundred dead, and both of them blaming each other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t4:o2:1
# text = eleven hundred dead, and both of them blaming each other
1	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
9	blaming	blame	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	9	obj	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | gerund | both | each |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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eleven hundred dead, and both of them blaming each other for the feud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t4:o3:1
# text = eleven hundred dead, and both of them blaming each other for the feud
1	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
9	blaming	blame	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	9	obj	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	fixed	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	feud	feud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | gerund | both | each |  |  |  | for the feud | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent each=Theme for feud=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nine hundred dead, and neither would give way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t4:o4:1
# text = nine hundred dead, and neither would give way
1	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | would |  | way |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |

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