Test 9 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, part 7: Fio…
No way, how did the robber carry him home?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: robber · What happens: carry · To what, where: him
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1039 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, part 7: Fionn is spared by the robber Fiacuil and carried off to his marsh den» 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 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 way | det |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 carry | punct |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 carry | advmod |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 carry | aux |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 robber | det |
| 7 | robber | robber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 carry | nsubj |
| 8 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 way | acl:relcl |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 carry | obj |
| 10 | home | home | ADV | _ | 8 carry | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 way | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past · do-support | the robber | him = he | home property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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
In a wooden cart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 cart | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cart | det |
| 3 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cart | amod |
| 4 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Slung across a horse's back at the end of the rope
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slung | sling | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | across | across | ADP | _ | 6 back | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 horse | det |
| 4 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 back | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 horse | case |
| 6 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Slung | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 end | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 end | det |
| 9 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Slung | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 rope | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 rope | det |
| 12 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 end | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sling | participle | a horse's back | at the end of the rope | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at end=Destination |
Option 3
On his shoulder, through the marsh and over the hills
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 shoulder | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 shoulder | nmod:poss |
| 3 | shoulder | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 marsh | punct |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 marsh | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 marsh | det |
| 7 | marsh | marsh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shoulder | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 hills | cc |
| 9 | over | over | ADP | _ | 11 hills | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 hills | det |
| 11 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 shoulder | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
On his shoulder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 shoulder | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 shoulder | nmod:poss |
| 3 | shoulder | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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