Test 5 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: th…
what's the craic with the Carl's coat, has he lost the tails of it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: craic · What happens: be, have, lose · To what, where: craic, tails
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 craic | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 craic | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 craic | det |
| 4 | craic | craic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 has | nsubj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 coat | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Carl | det |
| 7 | Carl | Carl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 coat | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Carl | case |
| 9 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 craic | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 craic | punct |
| 11 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 lost | nsubj |
| 13 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 has | ccomp |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 tails | det |
| 15 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 lost | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 it | case |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 tails | nmod |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the craic | with the Carl's coat | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | present | the craic | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | lose | past | craic | the tails of coat | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=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
Yeah, one's on the hill, the other by the river
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 hill | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 hill | punct |
| 3 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hill | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 hill | cop |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 hill | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hill | det |
| 7 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 other | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 other | det |
| 10 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hill | conj |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 river | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 river | det |
| 13 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 other | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | one | the hill | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | one not said here | by the river | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, one was on a tree, the other on a bush
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 tree | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 tree | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 tree | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 tree | cop |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 tree | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 tree | det |
| 7 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 other | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 other | det |
| 10 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tree | conj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 bush | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 bush | det |
| 13 | bush | bush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 other | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | one | a tree | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | one not said here | a bush | tree rules |
Option 3
Yeah, one was on a tree and the other on a bush, and he's gone back for them, lads
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 tree | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 tree | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 tree | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 tree | cop |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 tree | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 tree | det |
| 7 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 other | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 other | det |
| 10 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tree | conj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 bush | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 bush | det |
| 13 | bush | bush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 other | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 gone | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 gone | cc |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 gone | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 gone | aux |
| 18 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 tree | conj |
| 19 | back | back | ADV | _ | 18 gone | advmod |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 them | case |
| 21 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 gone | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 lads | punct |
| 23 | lads | lad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 tree | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | one | a tree and lads | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | one not said here | a bush | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go back | present · passive | he | for tree | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Yeah, one was caught on a tree, the other tangled in a bush by the road, honest
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 caught | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 caught | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 caught | aux:pass |
| 5 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 tree | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 tree | det |
| 8 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caught | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 tangled | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 other | det |
| 11 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 tangled | advmod |
| 12 | tangled | tangle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 tree | acl:relcl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 bush | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 bush | det |
| 15 | bush | bush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tangled | obl |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 road | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 road | det |
| 18 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tangled | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 honest | punct |
| 20 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 caught | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past · passive | one | a tree | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | tangle | participle | a tree not said here | a bush | by the road | tree rules |
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