Test 11 · ★ · Fionn's Fianna, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 24: a stra…

So was Fionn chill about the challenge or actually a bit worried, like?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Fionn · What happens: be · To what, where: bit

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1056 «Fionn's Fianna, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 24: a strange lord arrives by sea and challenges the Fianna to a contest» 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	_	4 chill	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chill	cop
3	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 chill	nsubj
4	chill	chill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 challenge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 challenge	det
7	challenge	challenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chill	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 worried	cc
9	actually	actually	ADV	_	12 worried	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bit	det
11	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 worried	obl:unmarked
12	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 chill	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 like	punct
14	like	like	ADP	_	4 chill	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 chill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Fionn					about the challenge; chill property	tree rules
2	be		Fionn not said here	a bit				actually property	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

He was cool and laughed it off

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	3 cool	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cool	cop
3	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 laughed	cc
5	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cool	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 laughed	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	5 laughed	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					cool property	tree rules
2	laugh off	past	He not said here	it					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

He felt his breath halt, and he was worried, though he hid it well from the men

The tree, 17 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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 halt	nmod:poss
4	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 halt	compound
5	halt	halt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 worried	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 worried	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 worried	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 worried	cop
10	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 hid	punct
12	though	though	SCONJ	_	14 hid	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 hid	nsubj
14	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 felt	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 hid	obj
16	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 hid	advmod
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 men	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 men	det
19	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He	his breath halt		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent halt=Theme
2	is	past	he		worried property	tree rules
3	hide	past	he	halt	from the men; well property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Patient from man=Beneficiary
4	halt		his = he			nom halt «state intransitive»: poss=agent

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

He felt his breath halt, and he was worried

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 halt	nmod:poss
4	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 halt	compound
5	halt	halt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 worried	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 worried	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 worried	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 worried	cop
10	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He	his breath halt		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent halt=Theme
2	is	past	he		worried property	tree rules
3	halt		his = he			nom halt «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He felt his breath halt, and he was worried about the outcome

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 halt	nmod:poss
4	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 halt	compound
5	halt	halt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 worried	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 worried	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 worried	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 worried	cop
10	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	conj
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 outcome	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 outcome	det
13	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 worried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He	his breath halt		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent halt=Theme
2	is	past	he		about the outcome; worried property	tree rules
3	halt		his = he			nom halt «state intransitive»: poss=agent

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