Test 2 · ★ · Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home an…

So what did Flann say about the fight?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Flann · What happens: say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1053 «Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home and the king turns her scolding into a joke» 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
4	Flann	Flann	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 fight	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fight	det
8	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Flann					about the fight	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

He won, but it was not a good thing, cos his brothers died

The tree, 13 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	2 won	nsubj
2	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 thing	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 thing	cc
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 thing	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 thing	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 thing	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 thing	det
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 thing	amod
10	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 won	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cos	punct
12	cos	co	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 thing	acl:relcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 brothers	nmod:poss
14	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 died	nsubj
15	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 cos	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	win	past	He		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	past	it	a good thing	tree rules
3	co	present	a good thing not said here		tree rules
4	die	past	his brothers		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

He won, but it was not a good thing, cos his brothers died and he's been wrecked ever since, mate

The tree, 21 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	2 won	nsubj
2	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 thing	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 thing	cc
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 thing	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 thing	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 thing	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 thing	det
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 thing	amod
10	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 won	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cos	punct
12	cos	co	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 thing	acl:relcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 brothers	nmod:poss
14	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 died	nsubj
15	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 cos	ccomp
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 wrecked	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 wrecked	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 wrecked	aux
19	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	20 wrecked	aux:pass
20	wrecked	wreck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 won	conj
21	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	22 since	advmod
22	since	since	ADV	_	20 wrecked	advmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 mate	punct
24	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 won	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	win	past	He		mate vocative	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	past	it	a good thing		tree rules
3	co	present	a good thing not said here			tree rules
4	die	past	his brothers			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
5	wreck	present · passive		he	since property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

He lost the fight but got the gold, dead brothers and all

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 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fight	det
4	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 got	cc
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lost	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gold	det
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 brothers	punct
10	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 brothers	amod
11	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 gold	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 all	cc
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 lost	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	He	the fight					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality
2	get	past	He not said here	the gold and dead brothers					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus

Option 4

He won, but it was not a good thing, cos all his brothers died, and the king wants him to sort the treasure out too

The tree, 25 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	2 won	nsubj
2	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 thing	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 thing	cc
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 thing	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 thing	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 thing	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 thing	det
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 thing	amod
10	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 won	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cos	punct
12	cos	co	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 thing	acl:relcl
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 brothers	det:predet
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 brothers	nmod:poss
15	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 died	nsubj
16	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 cos	ccomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 wants	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 wants	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 king	det
20	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 wants	nsubj
21	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 won	conj
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 wants	obj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 sort	mark
24	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 wants	xcomp
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 treasure	det
26	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 sort	obj
27	out	out	ADP	_	24 sort	compound:prt
28	too	too	ADV	_	24 sort	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	win	past	He		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	past	it	a good thing	tree rules
3	co	present	a good thing not said here		tree rules
4	die	past	his brothers		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
5	want	present	the king	him = he	tree rules
6	sort out not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	the treasure	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme

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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