Test 7 · ★ · Heroic Romances, The Finding of Oisin: Fionn finds a naked…

Did the other dogs like him or were they sulking?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dogs · What happens: do, sulk · To what, where: other dogs

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1050 «Heroic Romances, The Finding of Oisin: Fionn finds a naked boy among the fighting hounds and takes him home as his own» 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dogs	det
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dogs	amod
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Did	obj
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dogs	nmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 sulking	cc
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sulking	aux
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sulking	nsubj
10	sulking	sulk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Did	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the other dogs				like him = he	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Eventuality
2	sulk	past · progressive	dogs = dog						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

They were mad for him, and the five wise hounds whipped any dog that messed about

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 mad	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 mad	cop
3	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 mad	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 whipped	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 whipped	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hounds	det
9	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 hounds	nummod
10	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hounds	amod
11	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 whipped	nsubj
12	whipped	whip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 mad	conj
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 dog	det
14	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 whipped	obj
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 messed	nsubj
16	messed	mess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 dog	acl:relcl
17	about	about	ADV	_	16 messed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	They		for him = he; mad property	tree rules
2	whip	past	the five wise hounds	any dog		vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent dog=Material
3	mess about	past	any dog		about property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Some were jealous, but the five wise hounds kept the rest quiet and in line with him

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 jealous	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 jealous	cop
3	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 kept	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 kept	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hounds	det
7	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hounds	nummod
8	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hounds	amod
9	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 kept	nsubj
10	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 jealous	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rest	det
12	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kept	obj
13	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 kept	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 line	cc
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 line	case
16	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jealous	conj
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 line	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Some					jealous property	tree rules
2	keep	past	the five wise hounds	the rest				quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme

Option 3

They loved him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 loved	nsubj
2	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 loved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	They	him = he					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 4

They were jealous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 jealous	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 jealous	cop
3	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They					jealous property	tree rules

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