Test 5 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, The Birth of Bran, part 13: Fionn s…

wait, why does Fergus hate dogs so much, is he just a grumpy old wagon?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Fergus · What happens: wait, hate, be · To what, where: dogs, grumpy old wagon

This is test 5 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hate	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 hate	advmod
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hate	aux
5	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hate	nsubj
6	hate	hate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hate	obj
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 much	advmod
9	much	much	ADV	_	6 hate	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 wagon	punct
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 wagon	cop
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 wagon	nsubj
13	just	just	ADV	_	17 wagon	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 wagon	det
15	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 wagon	amod
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 wagon	amod
17	wagon	wagon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hate	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hate	present · do-support	Fergus	dogs	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus
3	is a	present	Fergus	a grumpy old wagon	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

he's a total grump and throws stuff at barking dogs

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	5 grump	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 grump	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 grump	det
4	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 grump	amod
5	grump	grump	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 throws	cc
7	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 grump	conj
8	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 throws	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 dogs	case
10	barking	bark	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 dogs	amod
11	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 throws	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	he	a total grump		tree rules
2	throw	present	he not said here	stuff	at barking dogs	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme at dog=Destination
3	bark	gerund				vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

he hates them, throws stuff at them

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 hates	nsubj
2	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hates	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 throws	punct
5	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hates	conj
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 throws	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 throws	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	he	them = they					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
2	throw	present	he not said here	stuff				at them = they	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme at they=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

he's not really bothered by dogs, he just likes throwing stuff at the whole Fianna

The tree, 16 words

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	5 bothered	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bothered	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 bothered	advmod
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 bothered	advmod
5	bothered	bother	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 dogs	case
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bothered	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 likes	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 likes	nsubj
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 likes	advmod
11	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bothered	conj
12	throwing	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 likes	xcomp
13	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 throwing	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	17 Fianna	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Fianna	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Fianna	amod
17	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 throwing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not bother	present · passive	he			by dogs	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	like	present	he				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	throw not said to happen	gerund	he not said here	stuff	the whole Fianna		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme at fianna=Destination

Option 4

he's a total grump, he chucks everything he owns at any dog that barks, cos of his squint

The tree, 19 words

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	5 grump	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 grump	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 grump	det
4	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 grump	amod
5	grump	grump	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 grump	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 chucks	nsubj
8	chucks	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 grump	acl:relcl
9	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 chucks	obj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 owns	nsubj
11	owns	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 everything	acl:relcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 dog	case
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 dog	det
14	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 owns	obl
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 barks	nsubj
16	barks	bark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 dog	acl:relcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 squint	punct
18	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	21 squint	case
19	of	of	ADP	_	18 cos	fixed
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 squint	nmod:poss
21	squint	squint	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grump	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	he	a total grump and dog's squint		tree rules
2	chuck	present	he	everything		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme
3	own	present	he		at any dog	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
4	bark	present	any dog			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	squint		dog			nom squint «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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