Test 7 · ★ · Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy g…

Sound, so what did the Carl do with the boar bones after eating?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sound, Carl, boar bones · What happens: do, eat

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1057 «Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy giant offers to race Cael in Fionn's place» 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	Sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Sound	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 did	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Carl	det
7	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 do	nsubj
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 did	parataxis
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 bones	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bones	det
11	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bones	compound
12	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 do	obl
13	after	after	SCONJ	_	14 eating	mark
14	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 bones	acl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past	Sound		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the Carl	with the boar bones	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	eat	gerund	the boar bones not said here		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Buried them in the mud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buried	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Buried	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 mud	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mud	det
5	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Buried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	past		them = they		the mud			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in mud=Destination

Option 2

Tied them in his coat tail and carried them down the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tied	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 tail	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tail	nmod:poss
5	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tail	compound
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tied	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 carried	cc
8	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Tied	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 carried	obj
10	down	down	ADP	_	8 carried	compound:prt
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hill	det
12	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carried	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past		them = they		his coat tail			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	carry down	past		them = they					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme they=Beneficiary hill=Value

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Tied them in his coat tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tied	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 tail	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tail	nmod:poss
5	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tail	compound
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past		them = they		his coat tail			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Threw them in the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Threw	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 fire	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fire	det
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past		them = they		the fire			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme in fire=Destination

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