Test 6 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: th…

is the Carl coming back for his tails, or is he just messing about?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Carl · What happens: come back, mess about

This is test 6 · ★ 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	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 coming	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Carl	det
3	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 coming	nsubj
4	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 coming	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 tails	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tails	nmod:poss
8	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 coming	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 messing	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 messing	cc
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 messing	aux
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 messing	nsubj
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 messing	advmod
14	messing	mess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 coming	conj
15	about	about	ADV	_	14 messing	advmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 coming	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come back	present · progressive	the Carl					for Carl's tails	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mess about	present · progressive	Carl					about property	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

He's heading back for his coat, mate, no messing

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 heading	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 heading	aux
3	heading	head	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 heading	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 coat	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 coat	nmod:poss
7	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heading	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mate	punct
9	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coat	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 messing	punct
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 messing	det
12	messing	messing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heading	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	head back	present · progressive	He	no messing				for his coat and mate	vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He's going back for them, so he's not messing

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 going	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 going	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 going	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 messing	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 messing	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 messing	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 messing	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 messing	advmod
12	messing	mess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 going	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	present · progressive	He					for them = they	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
2	not mess	present · progressive	he						tree rules

Option 3

He's going back for them, so he's definitely not messing about, he's dead serious about the race

The tree, 20 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 going	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 serious	advcl
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 going	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 going	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 messing	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	13 messing	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 messing	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 messing	aux
11	definitely	definitely	ADV	_	13 messing	advmod
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 messing	advmod
13	messing	mess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 going	conj
14	about	about	ADV	_	13 messing	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 going	punct
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 serious	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 serious	cop
18	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 serious	amod
19	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
20	about	about	ADP	_	22 race	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 race	det
22	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 serious	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	go back	present · progressive	He	for them = they	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
2	not mess about	present · progressive	he	about, definitely property	tree rules
3	is	present	he	about the race; serious property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he's just turning round to show off to the watching crowd, lads, it's all a joke

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 turning	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 turning	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 turning	aux
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 turning	advmod
6	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	round	round	ADV	_	6 turning	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 show	mark
9	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 turning	advcl
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 show	compound:prt
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 crowd	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 crowd	det
13	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 crowd	amod
14	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 show	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 lads	punct
16	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 crowd	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 turning	punct
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 joke	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 joke	cop
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 joke	det:predet
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 joke	det
22	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turning	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	turn round	present · progressive	he			round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	show off	to-infinitive	he not said here		the watching crowd and lads		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to crowd=Recipient
3	watch	gerund					vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
4	is a	present	it	all joke			tree rules

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