Test 8 · ★ · Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of th…
Is the Carl a proper god or just a messer, sound?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Carl · What happens: be · To what, where: proper god
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 god | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 god | det |
| 3 | Carl | Carl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 god | nsubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 god | det |
| 5 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 god | amod |
| 6 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 messer | cc |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 messer | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 messer | det |
| 10 | messer | messer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 god | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sound | punct |
| 12 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 god | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 god | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Carl | the proper god or a messer and sound | 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's a fine king of the Shi' of Legney, boyo
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 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 king | amod |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Shi | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Shi | det |
| 8 | Shi | Shi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 king | nmod |
| 9 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 8 Shi | case |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Legney | case |
| 11 | Legney | Legney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Shi | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 boyo | punct |
| 13 | boyo | boyo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 king | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | a fine king and boyo | of the Shi of Legney | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He's ruler of the Shi' of Rath Cruachan, boyo
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 ruler | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 ruler | cop |
| 3 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Shi | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Shi | det |
| 6 | Shi | Shi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ruler | nmod |
| 7 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 6 Shi | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Rath | case |
| 9 | Rath | Rath | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Shi | nmod |
| 10 | Cruachan | Cruachan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Rath | flat |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 boyo | punct |
| 12 | boyo | boyo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ruler | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | ruler and boyo | of the Shi of Rath | tree rules |
Option 3
He's just a messer from the bog of Cesh, boy
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 messer | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 messer | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 messer | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 messer | det |
| 5 | messer | messer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 bog | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bog | det |
| 8 | bog | bog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 messer | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Cesh | case |
| 10 | Cesh | Cesh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 bog | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 boy | punct |
| 12 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 messer | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | a messer and boy | the bog of Cesh | tree rules |
Option 4
He's ruler of the Shi' of Rath Cruachan, and all of Faery bows down to him, boyo
The tree, 19 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 ruler | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 ruler | cop |
| 3 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Shi | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Shi | det |
| 6 | Shi | Shi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ruler | nmod |
| 7 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 6 Shi | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Rath | case |
| 9 | Rath | Rath | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Shi | nmod |
| 10 | Cruachan | Cruachan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Rath | flat |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 bows | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 bows | cc |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 bows | nsubj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Faery | case |
| 15 | Faery | faery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 all | nmod |
| 16 | bows | bow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 ruler | acl:relcl |
| 17 | down | down | ADV | _ | 16 bows | advmod |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 him | case |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 bows | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 boyo | punct |
| 21 | boyo | boyo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ruler | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | ruler and boyo | of the Shi of Rath | tree rules | |||
| 2 | bow down | present | all | ruler and boyo not said here | Rath | down property | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ruler=Topic to he=Recipient |
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