Test 2 · ★ · Old Celtic Romances, The Cave of Cesh Corran: Goll defeats…

Wait, so the hounds just stood outside like wimps?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, hounds · What happens: wait, stand

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1061 «Old Celtic Romances, The Cave of Cesh Corran: Goll defeats the hags and frees the Fianna» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stood	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 stood	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hounds	det
5	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stood	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 stood	advmod
7	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
8	outside	outside	ADV	_	7 stood	advmod
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 wimps	case
10	wimps	wimp	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stood	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stand	past	the hounds					like wimps; outside property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Yeah, they were too wise to go in, so they howled and waited outside all night

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 wise	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wise	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wise	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wise	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 wise	advmod
6	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 howled	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 go	mark
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wise	csubj
9	in	in	ADV	_	8 go	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 howled	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 howled	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 howled	nsubj
13	howled	howl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 waited	cc
15	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 howled	conj
16	outside	outside	ADV	_	15 waited	advmod
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 night	det
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 waited	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they		wise property	tree rules
2	go in	to-infinitive				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	howl	past	they			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	wait	past	they not said here	night	outside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Nah, they were too brave to stay outside the cave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 brave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 brave	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 brave	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 brave	advmod
6	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 stay	mark
8	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 brave	xcomp
9	outside	outside	ADP	_	11 cave	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cave	det
11	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					brave property	tree rules
2	stay	to-infinitive	they not said here			the cave			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside cave=Location

Option 3

Yeah, they were too wise to walk in, and their master had ordered them to guard the cave's mouth until he came back

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 wise	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wise	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wise	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wise	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 wise	advmod
6	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 walk	mark
8	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wise	csubj
9	in	in	ADV	_	8 walk	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 ordered	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 ordered	cc
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 master	nmod:poss
13	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ordered	nsubj:pass
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 ordered	aux
15	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 wise	parataxis
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 ordered	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 guard	mark
18	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 ordered	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 cave	det
20	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 mouth	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 cave	case
22	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 guard	obj
23	until	until	SCONJ	_	25 came	mark
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 came	nsubj
25	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 guard	advcl
26	back	back	ADV	_	25 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	they			wise property	tree rules
2	walk in	to-infinitive					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	order	past · perfect · passive		their master	them = they		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary they=Theme
4	guard	to-infinitive		the cave's mouth			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Beneficiary
5	come back	past	he				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, they were too wise to go in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 wise	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wise	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wise	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wise	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 wise	advmod
6	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 go	mark
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wise	csubj
9	in	in	ADV	_	8 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					wise property	tree rules
2	go in	to-infinitive							vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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