Test 11 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, The Birth of Bran, part 13: Fionn s…

was the end of the story happy or mad sad, like proper depressing?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: end · What happens: be, depress

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1045 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Birth of Bran, part 13: Fionn slays Aillen, Goll submits to Fionn, and Tuiren marries Iollan» 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	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 happy	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 end	det
3	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 happy	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 story	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 story	det
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 end	nmod
7	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 sad	cc
9	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sad	amod
10	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 happy	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 depressing	punct
12	like	like	SCONJ	_	14 depressing	mark
13	proper	properly	ADV	_	14 depressing	advmod
14	depressing	depress	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 happy	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 happy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	the end of the story	happy property	tree rules
2	be		the end of the story not said here		tree rules
3	depress	gerund	the end of the story not said here	properly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

it starts sad then gets happy in the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 starts	nsubj
2	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 starts	xcomp
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 gets	advmod
5	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 starts	conj
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gets	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	it					sad property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	get	present					in the end; then	happy property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

it's a total tragedy from the beginning, the wedding was a disaster and nobody was happy at all

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tragedy	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tragedy	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tragedy	det
4	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tragedy	amod
5	tragedy	tragedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 beginning	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 beginning	det
8	beginning	beginning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tragedy	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 disaster	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wedding	det
11	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 disaster	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 disaster	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 disaster	det
14	disaster	disaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tragedy	parataxis
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 happy	cc
16	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	18 happy	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 happy	cop
18	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 disaster	conj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 happy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a total tragedy		from the beginning		tree rules
2	is a	past	the wedding	a disaster				tree rules
3	is	past	nobody		all		happy property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

it starts happy but the past comes back to get them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 starts	nsubj
2	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 starts	xcomp
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 comes	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 past	det
6	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 comes	nsubj
7	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 starts	conj
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 comes	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 get	mark
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 comes	advcl
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	start	present	it		happy property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	come back	present	the past			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	get	to-infinitive	the past not said here	them = they		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 4

it starts happy with the wedding but then the past comes back and hurts them both really badly

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 starts	nsubj
2	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 starts	xcomp
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 wedding	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wedding	det
6	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 starts	obl
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 comes	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 comes	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 past	det
10	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 comes	nsubj
11	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 starts	conj
12	back	back	ADV	_	11 comes	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 hurts	cc
14	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 starts	conj
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 hurts	obj
16	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	14 hurts	obj
17	really	really	ADV	_	18 badly	advmod
18	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 hurts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	it			with the wedding; happy property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with wedding=Subeventuality
2	come back	present	the past		then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hurt	present		them = they		badly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer both=Result

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