Test 12 · ★ · Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of th…

Did Fionn see Conaran watching the hunt, or what?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fionn, Conaran · What happens: see, watch · To what, where: Conaran, hunt

This is test 12 · ★ 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 see	aux
2	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 see	nsubj
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	Conaran	Conaran	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 see	obj
5	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 Conaran	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hunt	det
7	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watching	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 what	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 what	cc
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 Conaran	acl:relcl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past · do-support	Fionn	Conaran					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer conaran=Stimulus
2	watch	gerund	Conaran not said here	the hunt					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunt=Theme

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

Nah, Fionn didn't notice him, 'cause he was busy with the hunt

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 notice	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 notice	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 notice	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 notice	advmod
6	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 notice	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 notice	punct
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 notice	punct
10	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	13 busy	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 busy	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 busy	cop
13	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 notice	advcl
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 hunt	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hunt	det
16	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 busy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not notice	past · do-support	Fionn	him = he					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	is	past	Fionn					with the hunt; busy property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, Fionn saw him, 'cause he was looking up at the hill

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct
3	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 saw	nsubj
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saw	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct
8	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	11 looking	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 looking	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 looking	aux
11	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 saw	advcl
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 looking	compound:prt
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 hill	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hill	det
15	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	Fionn	him = he					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	look up	past · progressive	Fionn					at the hill	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at hill=Theme

Option 3

Nah, he didn't, boy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 did	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 boy	punct
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	past	he	boy					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, Fionn didn't see him, 'cause he wasn't thinking of Faery

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 see	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 see	advmod
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 see	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 see	punct
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 see	punct
10	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	14 thinking	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 thinking	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 thinking	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 thinking	advmod
14	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 see	advcl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 Faery	case
16	Faery	faery	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 thinking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	past · do-support	Fionn	him = he					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	not think speech: other	past · progressive	Fionn					of Faery	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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