Test 2 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: th…

wait, why did the Carl just stop to scoff blackberries mid-race?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Carl · What happens: wait, stop, scoff · To what, where: blackberries

This is test 2 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stop	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 stop	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stop	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Carl	det
6	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 stop	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 stop	advmod
8	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 scoff	mark
10	scoff	scoff	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 stop	xcomp
11	blackberries	blackberry	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 scoff	obj
12	mid-race	mid-race	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 scoff	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stop	past · do-support	the Carl		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	scoff	to-infinitive	the Carl not said here	blackberries	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

He was gobbling them, lads, couldn't help it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gobbling	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gobbling	aux
3	gobbling	gobble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gobbling	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lads	punct
6	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gobbling	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 help	punct
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 help	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 help	advmod
10	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gobbling	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gobble	past · progressive	He	them = they				lads obl	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	not help	could	He not said here	it					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary

Option 2

He was starving, so he had a bite, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 starving	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 starving	aux
3	starving	starve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 had	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 had	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 starving	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bite	det
9	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mate	punct
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bite	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	starve	past · progressive	He						tree rules
2	have	past	he	a bite and mate					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bite=Patient

Option 3

Cos he's a greedy so-and-so, can't help it

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 greedy	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 greedy	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 greedy	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 greedy	det
5	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 help	advcl
6	so	so	ADV	_	5 greedy	advmod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 so	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 so	cc
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 and	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	5 greedy	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 greedy	punct
12	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 help	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 help	advmod
14	help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					greedy property	tree rules
2	not help	can		it					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary

Option 4

He was gobbling them up, lads, the whole bush, couldn't stop himself from eating more

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gobbling	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gobbling	aux
3	gobbling	gobble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gobbling	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 gobbling	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lads	punct
7	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gobbling	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bush	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bush	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bush	amod
11	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lads	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 stop	punct
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 stop	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 stop	advmod
15	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gobbling	conj
16	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 stop	obj
17	from	from	SCONJ	_	18 eating	mark
18	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 stop	advcl
19	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	18 eating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	gobble up	past · progressive	He	them = they	lads and the whole bush obl	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	not stop	could	He not said here	himself = he		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality himself=Eventuality
3	eat	gerund	He not said here	more		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient

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