Test 7 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: th…

lads, Fionn's men are all dead quiet, what's gone on in the tent?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lads · What happens: be, go on · To what, where: tent

This is test 7 · ★ 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	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 quiet	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 men	punct
3	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 men	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Fionn	case
5	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 lads	conj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 quiet	cop
7	all	all	ADV	_	9 quiet	advmod
8	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 quiet	amod
9	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gone	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 gone	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 gone	aux
13	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 quiet	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	13 gone	compound:prt
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 tent	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tent	det
17	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gone	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 quiet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	lads and Fionn's men					all, quiet property	tree rules
2	go on	present · passive				the tent			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in tent=Location

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

Everyone's shook up, they keep saying "nothing" over and over because the champion hasn't come back

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 shook	nsubj
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Everyone	case
3	shook	shake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 keep	advcl
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 shook	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keep	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	nsubj
7	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keep	xcomp
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 nothing	punct
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 saying	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 nothing	punct
12	over	over	ADV	_	8 saying	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 over	cc
14	over	over	ADV	_	12 over	conj
15	because	because	SCONJ	_	20 come	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 champion	det
17	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 come	nsubj
18	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 come	aux
19	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 come	advmod
20	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 keep	advcl
21	back	back	ADV	_	20 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shake up	participle	Everyone			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
2	keep	present	they			tree rules
3	say speech: assert	gerund	they not said here	nothing	over property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
4	not come back	present	the champion			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They're all sleeping, they keep saying nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sleeping	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sleeping	aux
3	all	all	ADV	_	4 sleeping	advmod
4	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keep	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	nsubj
7	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sleeping	conj
8	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keep	xcomp
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 saying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sleep	present · progressive	They		all property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	present	they			tree rules
3	say speech: assert	gerund	they not said here	nothing		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 3

They're all knackered and sulking, lads, they keep whispering "nothing" and won't say much more

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knackered	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 knackered	aux:pass
3	all	all	ADV	_	4 knackered	advmod
4	knackered	knacker	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sulking	cc
6	sulking	sulk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 knackered	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lads	punct
8	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sulking	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 keep	punct
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 keep	nsubj
11	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 knackered	parataxis
12	whispering	whisper	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 keep	xcomp
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 nothing	punct
14	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 whispering	obj
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 nothing	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 say	cc
17	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 say	aux
18	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 say	advmod
19	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 keep	conj
20	much	much	ADV	_	21 more	advmod
21	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	19 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	knacker	present · passive		They	all property	tree rules
2	sulk	gerund		lads		tree rules
3	keep	present	lads = lad			tree rules
4	whisper speech: assert	gerund	lads = lad not said here	nothing		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
5	not say speech: assert	future	lads = lad not said here	more		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Everyone's shook, they keep saying "nothing"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 shook	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Everyone	case
3	shook	shook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 keep	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 keep	nsubj
6	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 keep	xcomp
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 nothing	punct
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 saying	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 nothing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Everyone's shook						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	Everyone's shook not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

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