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title: On what stated ground did Goll mac Morna object to Fionn giving evid… — Fionn Tales, The Brawl at the Feast, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: On what stated ground did Goll mac Morna object to Fionn giving evidence? Exam question 2 of lesson 1055 «Fionn Tales, The Brawl at the Feast, part 23: Goll's boast starts a hall-wide fight, then judges at Tara give their ruling» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 2 · Fionn Tales, The Brawl at the Feast, part 23: Goll's boast…

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On what stated ground did Goll mac Morna object to Fionn giving evidence?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ground, mac Morna object · **What happens:** state, do, give · **To what, where:** mac Morna object, evidence · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1055 «Fionn Tales, The Brawl at the Feast, part 23: Goll's boast starts a hall-wide fight, then judges at Tara give their ruling» 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/1055-pg2892-part23/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1055-pg2892-part23:e2:1
# text = On what stated ground did Goll mac Morna object to Fionn giving evidence?
1	On	on	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stated	state	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	Goll	Goll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	mac	Mac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	Morna	Morna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
13	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | past |  | mac Morna object |  |  |  | to Fionn | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past | ground |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **give** | gerund | mac Morna object *not said here* | evidence |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme |

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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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Fionn would turn a lie into truth and so cheat the court of justice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1055-pg2892-part23:e2:o1:1
# text = Fionn would turn a lie into truth and so cheat the court of justice
1	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	cheat	cheat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | Fionn | a lie |  | truth |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent lie=Theme into truth=Trajectory |
| 2 | **cheat** | infinitive | Fionn *not said here* | the court of justice |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fionn would tell a false tale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1055-pg2892-part23:e2:o2:1
# text = Fionn would tell a false tale
1	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | would | Fionn | a false tale |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fionn would turn every lie into truth for the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1055-pg2892-part23:e2:o3:1
# text = Fionn would turn every lie into truth for the king
1	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | Fionn | every lie |  | truth |  | for the king | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent lie=Theme into truth=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Fionn would turn a lie into truth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1055-pg2892-part23:e2:o4:1
# text = Fionn would turn a lie into truth
1	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | Fionn | a lie |  | truth |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent lie=Theme into truth=Trajectory |

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