Test 11 · ★ · Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of th…
What's the story with Conaran, the king of the Shi', like?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: story
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1059 «Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of the Iron is beaten and the Carl is revealed as a god» 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 story | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 story | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 story | det |
| 4 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 Conaran | case |
| 6 | Conaran | Conaran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 story | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 king | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 story | parataxis |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Shi | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Shi | det |
| 12 | Shi | Shi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 king | nmod |
| 13 | ', | ', | PART | _ | 12 Shi | case |
| 14 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 9 king | discourse |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 story | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the story | with Conaran | 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
He wants the Carl dead, the sneaky rat
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 | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Carl | det |
| 4 | Carl | Carl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obj |
| 5 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Carl | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 rat | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rat | det |
| 8 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 rat | amod |
| 9 | rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Carl | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | He | the Carl | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot carl=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He wants Fionn in his power, the sneaky rat
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 | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Fionn | Fionn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 power | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 power | nmod:poss |
| 6 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 rat | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 rat | det |
| 9 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 rat | amod |
| 10 | rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 power | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | He | Fionn | Fionn's power and the sneaky rat | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fionn=Theme |
Option 3
He's after Cael's boat and gold, the sneaky rat
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 | 6 boat | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 boat | cop |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 boat | case |
| 4 | Cael | Cael | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 boat | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Cael | case |
| 6 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 gold | cc |
| 8 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 boat | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 rat | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 rat | det |
| 11 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 rat | amod |
| 12 | rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 boat | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | after Cael's boat and gold and the sneaky rat | tree rules |
Option 4
He's just a king, sound.
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 | 5 king | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 king | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 king | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sound | punct |
| 7 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 king | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 king | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | a king and sound | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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