Test 12 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: th…

honest, that watcher bloke has eyes like a hawk, bare mad

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: watcher bloke · What happens: have · To what, where: eyes

This is test 12 · ★ 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	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 has	punct
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 has	mark
4	watcher	watcher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bloke	compound
5	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 honest	conj
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 has	obj
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 hawk	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hawk	det
10	hawk	hawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eyes	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 honest	punct
12	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 mad	amod
13	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 honest	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	watcher bloke	eyes				like a hawk	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

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

Nah, his eyes are normal, but he's proper sharp, mate, and he watches the whole valley

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 normal	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 normal	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 normal	cop
6	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sharp	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 sharp	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sharp	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 sharp	cop
11	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sharp	amod
12	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 normal	parataxis
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mate	punct
14	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sharp	vocative
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 watches	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 watches	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 watches	nsubj
18	watches	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 normal	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 valley	det
20	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 valley	amod
21	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 watches	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	his eyes		normal property	tree rules
2	is	present	he		mate vocative; sharp property	tree rules
3	watch	present	he	the whole valley		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent valley=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Aye, he squints with his big eyes, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	4 squints	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 squints	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 squints	nsubj
4	squints	squint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 eyes	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 eyes	nmod:poss
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 eyes	amod
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 squints	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eyes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squint	present	he					with his big eyes and mate	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Aye, he stares with his whole face, sound, and he never blinks once, lads, he's proper creepy

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	4 stares	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stares	nsubj
4	stares	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 face	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 face	nmod:poss
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 face	amod
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stares	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sound	punct
10	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 face	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 blinks	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 blinks	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 blinks	nsubj
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 blinks	advmod
15	blinks	blink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stares	conj
16	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	15 blinks	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 lads	punct
18	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 blinks	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 creepy	punct
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 creepy	nsubj
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 creepy	cop
22	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 creepy	amod
23	creepy	creepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stares	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stare	present	he		with his whole face and sound	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	not blink	present	he	lads	once property	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	he		creepy property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Aye, he stares with his whole face, sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	4 stares	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stares	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stares	nsubj
4	stares	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 face	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 face	nmod:poss
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 face	amod
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stares	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sound	punct
10	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 face	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	present	he					with his whole face and sound	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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