Test 8 · ★ · Heroic Romances, The Finding of Oisin: Fionn finds a naked…
Hang on, so where did the lad live before this, like on a farm?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: hang on, do, live · To what, where: lad, this
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | Hang | hang | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 1 Hang | compound:prt |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 live | punct |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 live | advmod |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 live | advmod |
| 6 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 where | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lad | det |
| 8 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 did | obj |
| 9 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hang | advcl |
| 10 | before | before | ADP | _ | 11 this | case |
| 11 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 live | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 farm | punct |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 farm | case |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 farm | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 farm | det |
| 16 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 live | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Hang | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang on | imperative | you not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | do | past | the lad | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | live | present | you not said here | this | like a farm | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before this=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A wide beautiful place with hills and woods, but always a cliff he couldn't climb
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 place | det |
| 2 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 place | amod |
| 3 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 place | amod |
| 4 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 hills | case |
| 6 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 place | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 woods | cc |
| 8 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hills | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 cliff | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 cliff | cc |
| 11 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 13 cliff | advmod |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 cliff | det |
| 13 | cliff | cliff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 place | conj |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 climb | nsubj |
| 15 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 climb | aux |
| 16 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 climb | advmod |
| 17 | climb | climb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 place | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not climb | could | he | a wide beautiful place with hills and woods but a cliff not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location place=Theme |
Option 2
On a farm near the hills
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 farm | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 farm | det |
| 3 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | near | near | ADP | _ | 6 hills | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hills | det |
| 6 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 farm | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A wide place with fields and rivers, but always a steep wall he couldn't scale
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 place | det |
| 2 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 place | amod |
| 3 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 fields | case |
| 5 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 place | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 rivers | cc |
| 7 | rivers | river | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fields | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 scale | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 scale | cc |
| 10 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 13 wall | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 wall | det |
| 12 | steep | steep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 wall | amod |
| 13 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 scale | nsubj |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 scale | nsubj |
| 15 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 scale | aux |
| 16 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 scale | advmod |
| 17 | scale | scale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 place | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not scale | could | a steep wall | tree rules |
Option 4
A green valley with a river, but always a wall he couldn't cross
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 valley | det |
| 2 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 valley | amod |
| 3 | valley | valley | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 river | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 river | det |
| 6 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 valley | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 wall | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 wall | cc |
| 9 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 11 wall | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 wall | det |
| 11 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 valley | conj |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 cross | nsubj |
| 13 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 cross | aux |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 cross | advmod |
| 15 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 wall | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cross | could | he | a wall not said here | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient |
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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