Test 11 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: th…

so what's the last bit, does Fionn finally see the Carl coming?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: last bit, Carl · What happens: be, do, see, come · To what, where: last bit, Fionn, Carl

This is test 11 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	6 bit	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 bit	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bit	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bit	det
5	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bit	amod
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 does	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bit	punct
8	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 does	obj
10	finally	finally	ADV	_	11 see	advmod
11	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 does	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Carl	det
13	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 see	obj
14	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 Carl	acl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the last bit		tree rules
2	do	present	the last bit	Fionn		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fionn=Eventuality
3	see	present	the last bit not said here	the Carl	finally property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer carl=Stimulus
4	come	gerund	the Carl not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he just hears a trample, reckons it's coming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 hears	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hears	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 hears	advmod
5	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 coming	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trample	det
7	trample	trample	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hears	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 reckons	punct
9	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hears	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 coming	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 coming	aux
12	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hear	present	he	a trample	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer trample=Stimulus
2	reckon	present	he not said here		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	come	present · progressive	trample		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yeah, he spots the Carl, mate, he's close

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 spots	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 spots	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spots	nsubj
4	spots	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Carl	det
6	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 spots	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Carl	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 spots	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 close	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 close	cop
12	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spots	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	present	he		the Carl				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent carl=Destination
2	is	present	he					close property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he finally sees the Carl coming over the hill, right at the end, mate, he's back

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 sees	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sees	nsubj
4	finally	finally	ADV	_	5 sees	advmod
5	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Carl	det
7	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sees	obj
8	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 sees	xcomp
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 hill	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hill	det
11	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coming	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 end	punct
13	right	right	ADV	_	16 end	advmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 end	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 end	det
16	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coming	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 mate	punct
18	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 end	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sees	punct
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 back	nsubj
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 back	cop
22	back	back	ADV	_	5 sees	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	he	the Carl			finally property	tree rules
2	come	gerund	the Carl not said here		the hill	at the end and mate		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme over hill=Initial_Location
3	is	present	he				back property	tree rules

Option 4

Nah, he just hears a trample and reckons it's coming from the far side of the valley, lads

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 hears	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hears	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 hears	advmod
5	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trample	det
7	trample	trample	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hears	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 reckons	cc
9	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hears	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 coming	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 coming	aux
12	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 reckons	ccomp
13	from	from	ADP	_	16 side	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 side	det
15	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 side	amod
16	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 coming	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 valley	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 valley	det
19	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 side	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 lads	punct
21	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hears	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	present	he	a trample		lads obl	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer trample=Stimulus
2	reckon	present	he not said here				vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	come	present · progressive	trample		the far side of the valley		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from side=Initial_Location

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