Test 12 · ★ · Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3: Tuan becomes a stag…

What did the wolves say they'd do to the stag?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wolves · What happens: do, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1035 «Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3: Tuan becomes a stag, a boar, a hawk, then a salmon» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolves	det
4	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 do	nsubj
7	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 do	aux
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 say	ccomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 stag	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stag	det
11	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the wolves		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do	would	wolves = wolf	to the stag	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Option 1

Trample him and drag him to the bog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trample	trample	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Trample	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 drag	cc
4	drag	drag	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Trample	conj
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drag	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 bog	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bog	det
8	bog	bog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drag	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trample	imperative	you not said here	him = he					tree rules
2	drag	infinitive	you not said here	him = he		the bog			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to bog=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Tear out his throat, gnaw his haunch, then howl over him all night long

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tear	tear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Tear	compound:prt
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 throat	nmod:poss
4	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tear	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 gnaw	punct
6	gnaw	gnaw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tear	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 haunch	nmod:poss
8	haunch	haunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gnaw	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 howl	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 howl	advmod
11	howl	howl	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tear	conj
12	over	over	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 howl	obl
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 night	det
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 howl	obl:unmarked
16	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 howl	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	tear out	imperative	you not said here	his throat			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location throat=Theme
2	gnaw	infinitive	you not said here	his haunch			vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haunch=Patient
3	howl	infinitive	you not said here		then; night	over him = he; long property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over he=Location

Option 3

Tear out his throat, gnaw his haunch and leave his bones in the bog

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tear	tear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Tear	compound:prt
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 throat	nmod:poss
4	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tear	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 gnaw	punct
6	gnaw	gnaw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tear	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 haunch	nmod:poss
8	haunch	haunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gnaw	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 leave	cc
10	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tear	conj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 bones	nmod:poss
12	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 leave	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 bog	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bog	det
15	bog	bog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	tear out	imperative	you not said here	his throat		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location throat=Theme
2	gnaw	infinitive	you not said here	his haunch		vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haunch=Patient
3	leave	infinitive	you not said here	his bones	the bog	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bone=Theme in bog=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Tear out his throat and gnaw his haunch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tear	tear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Tear	compound:prt
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 throat	nmod:poss
4	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tear	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gnaw	cc
6	gnaw	gnaw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tear	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 haunch	nmod:poss
8	haunch	haunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gnaw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear out	imperative	you not said here	his throat					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location throat=Theme
2	gnaw	infinitive	you not said here	his haunch					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haunch=Patient

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