Test 2 · ★ · Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 5: Fionn grows up…
Bruv, why'd Fionn's mum sneak in, like, lowkey?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum · What happens: sneak in
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1037 «Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 5: Fionn grows up hidden in the woods, climbs trees, and is secretly visited by his mother» 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 | Bruv | Bruv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 sneak | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bruv | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 sneak | advmod |
| 4 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 8 sneak | punct |
| 5 | Fionn | Fionn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 mum | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Fionn | case |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sneak | nsubj |
| 8 | sneak | sneak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADV | _ | 8 sneak | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 like | punct |
| 11 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 8 sneak | discourse |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 lowkey | punct |
| 13 | lowkey | lowkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 like | vocative |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 sneak | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sneak in | present | Fionn's mum | Bruv vocative | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
she feared the sons of Morna would take the boy away at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 feared | nsubj |
| 2 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sons | det |
| 4 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 take | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Morna | case |
| 6 | Morna | Morna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sons | nmod |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 take | aux |
| 8 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 feared | ccomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 boy | det |
| 10 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 take | obj |
| 11 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 take | advmod |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 once | case |
| 13 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 8 take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | past | she | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | take away | would | the sons of Morna | the boy | away property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |
Option 2
she feared the sons of Morna and the hunt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 feared | nsubj |
| 2 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sons | det |
| 4 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 feared | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Morna | case |
| 6 | Morna | Morna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sons | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 hunt | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hunt | det |
| 9 | hunt | hunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Morna | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | past | she | the sons of Morna and the hunt | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus |
Option 3
she dreaded the king's spies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 dreaded | nsubj |
| 2 | dreaded | dread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 spies | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 king | case |
| 6 | spies | spy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 dreaded | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dread | past | she | the king's spies | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spy=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
she feared the sons of Morna
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 feared | nsubj |
| 2 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sons | det |
| 4 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 feared | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Morna | case |
| 6 | Morna | Morna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sons | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | past | she | the sons of Morna | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus |
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