Test 9 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: th…

wha's the big deal with the champion, is he proper scary?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wha · What happens: be · To what, where: big deal

This is test 9 · ★ 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	wha	wha	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 deal	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 deal	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 deal	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 deal	amod
5	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 champion	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 champion	det
8	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deal	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 scary	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 scary	cop
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 scary	nsubj
12	proper	properly	ADV	_	13 scary	advmod
13	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 deal	parataxis
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 deal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	wha	the big deal				with the champion	tree rules
2	is	present	wha					properly, scary 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 · ← Mova's choice

Aye, he's proper big and loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	6 big	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 big	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 big	cop
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 big	amod
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 loud	cc
8	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 big	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					big property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here						tree rules

Option 2

Nah, he's not scary at all, just a bit moody, but he's loyal to Fionn and his men

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 scary	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scary	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 scary	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 scary	advmod
6	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 scary	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 moody	punct
10	just	just	ADV	_	13 moody	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bit	det
12	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 moody	obl:unmarked
13	moody	moody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 scary	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 loyal	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 loyal	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 loyal	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 loyal	cop
18	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 scary	conj
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 Fionn	case
20	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 loyal	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 men	cc
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 men	nmod:poss
23	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 Fionn	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	not is	present	he			all	scary property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here	a bit				tree rules
3	is	present	he		Fionn and his men		loyal property	tree rules

Option 3

Nah, he's a gentle wee giant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 giant	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 giant	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 giant	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 giant	det
6	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 giant	amod
7	wee	wee	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 giant	compound
8	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	he	a gentle wee giant					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Aye, he's got a right temper on him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	5 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 got	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 got	aux
5	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 temper	det
7	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 temper	compound
8	temper	temper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · passive	he	a right temper				on him = he	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent temper=Theme on he=Source

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