Test 12 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairill, the salmon's jour…

What was the thing about the fisherman that made him so happy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: fisherman · What happens: be, make · To what, where: thing, him

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1036 «Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairill, the salmon's journey and rebirth» 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	4 thing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thing	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thing	det
4	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 fisherman	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fisherman	det
7	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thing	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 made	nsubj
9	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fisherman	acl:relcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 made	obj
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 happy	advmod
12	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 made	xcomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the thing				about the fisherman	tree rules
2	make	past	the fisherman	him = he				happy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product

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 · ✓ the right answer

He shouted for joy at the big salmon

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 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 joy	case
4	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 salmon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 salmon	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 salmon	amod
8	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	He			the big salmon		for joy	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for joy=Recipient

Option 2

He shouted for joy at the big salmon he had caught in his net that morning on the river

The tree, 19 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 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 joy	case
4	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 salmon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 salmon	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 salmon	amod
8	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 caught	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 caught	aux
11	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 salmon	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 net	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 net	nmod:poss
14	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 caught	obl
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 morning	det
16	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 net	nmod:unmarked
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 river	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 river	det
19	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	He			the big salmon		for joy; on the river	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for joy=Recipient
2	catch	past · perfect · passive	the big salmon not said here	he		his net that morning			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

He laughed hard at the huge trout

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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 laughed	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 trout	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trout	det
6	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 trout	amod
7	trout	trout	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laughed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	He			the huge trout		hard property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He sang loudly over the great fish

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 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 sang	advmod
4	over	over	ADP	_	7 fish	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fish	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fish	amod
7	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	He					over the great fish; loudly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over fish=Location

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