Test 3 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: th…

ye know Cael's gonna lose, right, the Carl's gonna do him in?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ye, Cael, gonna · What happens: know, lose, do, in · To what, where: Cael · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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 know	nsubj
2	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Cael	Cael	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lose	nsubj
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Cael	case
5	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	6 lose	dep
6	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 know	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 know	punct
8	right	right	INTJ	_	14 do	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 right	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Carl	det
11	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 gonna	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Carl	case
13	gonna	gonna	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 do	nsubj
14	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 know	parataxis
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 do	obj
16	in	in	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 do	xcomp
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	know	present	ye		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	lose	infinitive	Cael		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	do	infinitive	the Carl's gonna	Cael	tree rules
4	in	infinitive	the Carl's gonna not said here		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

Nah, Cael's still giving it everything he's got, and the Carl's gonna stop for berries, grand

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 giving	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	Cael	Cael	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 giving	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Cael	case
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 giving	advmod
6	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 giving	obj
8	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 giving	obj
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 got	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 got	aux
11	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 everything	acl:relcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 stop	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 stop	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Carl	det
15	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 stop	nsubj
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Carl	case
17	gonna	gonna	PART	_	18 stop	mark
18	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 giving	advcl
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 berries	case
20	berries	berry	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 stop	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 grand	punct
22	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 giving	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund		it	still		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient everything=Theme
2	get	present · passive	Cael				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	stop	infinitive	the Carl			for berries	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, Cael's still giving it everything, grand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 giving	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	Cael	Cael	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 giving	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Cael	case
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 giving	advmod
6	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 giving	obj
8	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 giving	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 grand	punct
10	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 giving	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund		it			still		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient everything=Theme

Option 3

Dunno, the Carl's been running hard too, lads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dunno	Dunno	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 running	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Dunno	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Carl	det
4	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 running	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 running	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 running	aux
7	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 running	advmod
9	too	too	ADV	_	7 running	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lads	punct
11	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 running	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present · progressive	Dunno	lads				hard property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, the Carl's way ahead already, Cael's knackered, he's not going to catch him up, mate, sorry

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 way	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Carl	det
4	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 way	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Carl	case
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	6 way	advmod
8	already	already	ADV	_	7 ahead	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct
10	Cael	Cael	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 way	conj
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Cael	case
12	knackered	knacker	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 Cael	acl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 knackered	punct
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 going	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 going	aux
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 going	advmod
17	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 knackered	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 catch	mark
19	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 going	xcomp
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 catch	obj
21	up	up	ADP	_	19 catch	compound:prt
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 mate	punct
23	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 catch	vocative
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct
25	sorry	sorry	INTJ	_	6 way	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	knacker	participle		Cael not said here		tree rules
2	not go	present · progressive	Cael			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	catch up	to-infinitive	Cael not said here	Cael	mate vocative	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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