Test 9 · ★ · Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3: Tuan becomes a stag…

Did Tuan actually fancy being a hawk, or was it rubbish?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fancy · What happens: do, be · To what, where: Tuan, hawk, rubbish

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Tuan	Tuan	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
3	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 hawk	advmod
4	fancy	fancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hawk	nsubj
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 hawk	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hawk	det
7	hawk	hawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 rubbish	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 rubbish	cc
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 rubbish	cop
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 rubbish	nsubj
12	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past		Tuan		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tuan=Eventuality
2	is a	gerund	fancy	a hawk	actually property	tree rules
3	is a	past	fancy	rubbish		tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

He moaned about it, said the sky was dull

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 moaned	nsubj
2	moaned	moan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 moaned	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 moaned	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sky	det
8	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dull	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dull	cop
10	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	moan	past	He	about it	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic
2	say speech: assert	past	He not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the sky	dull property	tree rules

Option 2

He loved it, said he had his fill of sweetness and joy in the sky, mate, and wouldn't come down

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 loved	nsubj
2	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 loved	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 loved	conj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 fill	nmod:poss
9	fill	fill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 sweetness	case
11	sweetness	sweetness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fill	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 joy	cc
13	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sweetness	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 sky	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sky	det
16	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 joy	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 mate	punct
18	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fill	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 come	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 come	cc
21	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 come	aux
22	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 come	advmod
23	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 loved	conj
24	down	down	ADV	_	23 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	love	past	He	it		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past	He not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have	past	he	his fill of sweetness and joy in the sky and mate		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fill=Patient
4	not come down	would	He not said here		down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He loved it, said he had his fill of sweetness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 loved	nsubj
2	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 loved	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 loved	conj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 fill	nmod:poss
9	fill	fill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 sweetness	case
11	sweetness	sweetness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fill	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	love	past	He	it	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past	He not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have	past	he	his fill of sweetness	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fill=Patient

Option 4

He hated it at first, then loved it, said he had his fill of sweetness up high

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hated	nsubj
2	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hated	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 first	case
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 hated	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 loved	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 loved	advmod
8	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hated	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 loved	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hated	conj
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 had	nsubj
13	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 said	ccomp
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 fill	nmod:poss
15	fill	fill	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 had	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 sweetness	case
17	sweetness	sweetness	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fill	nmod
18	up	up	ADV	_	19 high	advmod
19	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 had	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hate	past	He	it			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	love	past	He not said here	it	then		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	past	He not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	have	past	he	his fill of sweetness		high property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fill=Patient

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