Test 13 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: th…

ye reckon the Carl's gonna win in the end, or what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ye, Carl · What happens: reckon, win · To what, where: end

This is test 13 · ★ 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	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	2 reckon	nsubj
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Carl	det
4	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 win	nsubj
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Carl	case
6	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	4 Carl	flat:foreign
7	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckon	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 end	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 end	det
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 win	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 what	punct
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 what	cc
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 reckon	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reckon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	ye						tree rules
2	win	present	the Carl				in the end		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in end=Eventuality

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

Dunno, the Carl's been a bit slow today, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dunno	Dunno	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 bit	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Dunno	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Carl	det
4	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Dunno	flat
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bit	cop
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 bit	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bit	amod
10	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bit	obl:unmarked
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mate	punct
12	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bit	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Dunno	a bit and mate			today		tree rules

Option 2

Nah, the Carl's doomed, sorry lads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 sorry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Carl	det
4	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 doomed	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Carl	case
6	doomed	doom	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Nah	vocative
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
8	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lads	amod
9	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	doom	participle							tree rules

Option 3

Probably, he's a decent runner, lads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Probably	probably	ADV	_	7 runner	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Probably	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 runner	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 runner	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 runner	det
6	decent	decent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 runner	amod
7	runner	runner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lads	punct
9	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 runner	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	he	a decent runner and lads				probably property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Dunno, but he's been a mad wee legend so far

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dunno	Dunno	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 legend	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 legend	cc
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 legend	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 legend	cop
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 legend	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 legend	det
8	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 legend	amod
9	wee	wee	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 legend	compound
10	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dunno	appos
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 far	advmod
12	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 legend	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Dunno	a mad wee legend				far property	tree rules

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