Test 4 · ★ · Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 5: Fionn grows up…

Lol, what did he do to the nettles, no cap?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: do

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 do	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lol	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 do	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 nettles	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 nettles	det
9	nettles	nettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 do	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cap	punct
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 cap	det
12	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 nettles	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	he					to the nettles no cap	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

he burned them with a torch

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 burned	nsubj
2	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 burned	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 torch	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 torch	det
6	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past	he	them = they				with a torch	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with torch=Instrument

Option 2

he slashed them with a stick until none were left standing

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 slashed	nsubj
2	slashed	slash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slashed	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 stick	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stick	det
6	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slashed	obl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 left	mark
8	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	10 left	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 left	aux:pass
10	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 slashed	advcl
11	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	slash	past	he	them = they	with a stick	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient with stick=Instrument
2	leave	past · passive		none		tree rules
3	stand	gerund	none not said here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

he slashed them down with a stick and stamped

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 slashed	nsubj
2	slashed	slash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slashed	obj
4	down	down	ADP	_	2 slashed	compound:prt
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 stick	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stick	det
7	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slashed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stamped	cc
9	stamped	stamp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slashed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slash down	past	he	them = they				with a stick	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient with stick=Instrument
2	stamp	past	he not said here						vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he slashed them with a stick

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 slashed	nsubj
2	slashed	slash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slashed	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 stick	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stick	det
6	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slashed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slash	past	he	them = they				with a stick	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient with stick=Instrument

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