Test 11 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, the tale of Conn and Segda, part 32…

Who was that woman with the cow, and why did she turn up at the death thing?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cow · What happens: be, turn up · To what, where: woman, death thing

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1064 «Gods and Fighting Men, the tale of Conn and Segda, part 32: Conn lands on a magic island, asks for the queen's son, and the boy is condemned to die» 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	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 woman	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 woman	cop
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 woman	mark
4	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 cow	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cow	det
7	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 woman	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 turn	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 turn	cc
10	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 turn	advmod
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 turn	aux
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 turn	nsubj
13	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 woman	conj
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 turn	compound:prt
15	at	at	ADP	_	18 thing	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 thing	det
17	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 thing	compound
18	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 turn	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 woman	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		woman				with the cow	tree rules
2	turn up	past · do-support	cow			the death thing			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at thing=Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

She came by and asked if the poets really knew everything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	2 came	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 asked	cc
5	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 knew	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 poets	det
8	poets	poet	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 knew	nsubj
9	really	really	ADV	_	10 knew	advmod
10	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	ccomp
11	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	10 knew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	come by	past	She		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	past	She not said here		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	know a condition, not said to happen	past	the poets	everything	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus

Option 2

She came along leading a cow and wailing loudly, and asked if the poets really knew everything at all

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	along	along	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
4	leading	lead	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 came	advcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cow	det
6	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leading	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wailing	cc
8	wailing	wail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 leading	conj
9	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	8 wailing	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 asked	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 asked	cc
12	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	parataxis
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	17 knew	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 poets	det
15	poets	poet	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 knew	nsubj
16	really	really	ADV	_	17 knew	advmod
17	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 asked	ccomp
18	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	17 knew	obj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 knew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come along	past	She			along property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lead	gerund	She not said here	a cow			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme
3	wail	gerund	She not said here			loudly property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	ask speech: ask	past					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	know a condition, not said to happen	past	the poets	everything	all		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus

Option 3

She came by with the cow and asked if the poets really knew everything, then she left the court quietly

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	6 cow	case
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 cow	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cow	det
6	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 asked	cc
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 knew	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 poets	det
11	poets	poet	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 knew	nsubj
12	really	really	ADV	_	13 knew	advmod
13	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 asked	ccomp
14	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 knew	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 left	punct
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 left	advmod
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 left	nsubj
18	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 court	det
20	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 left	obj
21	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	18 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	She			by the cow	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by cow=Location
2	ask speech: ask	past	She not said here				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	know a condition, not said to happen	past	the poets	everything			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus
4	leave	past	cow	the court	then	quietly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She was bringing a cow to the death, bruv, sort of

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bringing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bringing	aux
3	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cow	det
5	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bringing	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 death	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 death	det
8	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bringing	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bruv	punct
10	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 death	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sort	punct
12	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bringing	parataxis
13	of	of	ADP	_	12 sort	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past · progressive	She	a cow		the death and bruv			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cow=Theme to death=Destination

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