Test 3 · ★ · Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 6: Fionn tr…

Bruv, why did the aunts hide the wee lad in a wood?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aunts · What happens: hide · To what, where: wee lad, wood

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1038 «Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 6: Fionn trains hard, learns to swim, and is left sneezing in a tree» 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	7 hide	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 hide	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 hide	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 aunts	det
6	aunts	aunt	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hide	nsubj
7	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lad	det
9	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lad	amod
10	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hide	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 wood	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 wood	det
13	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hide	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 hide	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · do-support	the aunts	the wee lad		a wood		Bruv vocative	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lad=Patient in wood=Location

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

Cos they wanted him far from the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	co	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	obj
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 wanted	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 house	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	Cos	him = he		the house		far property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Cos they were dead scared of the sons of Morna

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 scared	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 scared	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 scared	cop
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 scared	amod
5	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 sons	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sons	det
8	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 scared	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Morna	case
10	Morna	Morna	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					of the sons of Morna; scared property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Cos the women were dead scared of the sons of Morna and their hounds and their spears

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	6 scared	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 women	det
3	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 scared	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 scared	amod
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 sons	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sons	det
9	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 scared	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Morna	case
11	Morna	Morna	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sons	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 hounds	cc
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 hounds	nmod:poss
14	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sons	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 spears	cc
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 spears	nmod:poss
17	spears	spear	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sons	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the women					of the sons of Morna and women's hounds and women's spears; scared property	tree rules

Option 4

Cos they were hiding from the Connachtmen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 hiding	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hiding	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hiding	aux
4	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 Connachtmen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Connachtmen	det
7	Connachtmen	Connachtmen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · progressive	they			the Connachtmen			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from connachtmen=Beneficiary

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