Test 1 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: th…

yo, did u see the Carl bounding past Cael like he was on a bike, mate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, Carl, Cael · What happens: see, bound, be · To what, where: Carl, Cael

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1058 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: the Carl stops for blackberries while Fionn waits for news» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	5 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
4	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 see	nsubj
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Carl	det
7	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 see	obj
8	bounding	bound	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 Carl	acl
9	past	past	ADP	_	10 Cael	case
10	Cael	Cael	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 bounding	obl
11	like	like	ADP	_	16 bike	case
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 bike	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 bike	cop
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 bike	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 bike	det
16	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bounding	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 mate	punct
18	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bike	vocative
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	past · do-support	u	the Carl			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer carl=Stimulus
2	bound	gerund	the Carl not said here		Cael		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past cael=Trajectory
3	is	past	Cael			like a bike; mate vocative	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he was flying so fast, bare sick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 flying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 flying	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 flying	aux
5	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 fast	advmod
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 flying	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 flying	punct
9	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sick	amod
10	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 flying	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past · progressive	he					fast property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Nope, he was barely moving at all, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	6 moving	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 moving	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 moving	aux
5	barely	barely	ADV	_	6 moving	advmod
6	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 moving	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 moving	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past · progressive	he			all		mate vocative; barely property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory

Option 3

Yeah, he was flying, lads, proper quick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 flying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 flying	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 flying	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 flying	aux
5	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lads	punct
7	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flying	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lads	punct
9	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 quick	amod
10	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 flying	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past · progressive	he	lads					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, he was flying so fast that I didn't even see him pass Cael at all, mate

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 flying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 flying	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 flying	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 flying	aux
5	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 pass	amod
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 fast	advmod
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 flying	advmod
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 see	mark
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 see	nsubj
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 see	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 see	advmod
12	even	even	ADV	_	13 see	advmod
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 pass	advcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 see	obj
15	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	Cael	Cael	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 pass	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 all	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 pass	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 mate	punct
20	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pass	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fly	past · progressive	he			fast property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not see	past · do-support	I	him = he			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	pass	imperative	you not said here	Cael	all	mate vocative	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent cael=Theme at all=Destination

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