Test 4 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, the tale of Conn and Segda, part 32…

Wait, is Conn meant to chow down on his own or is that a no-no?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Conn, no · What happens: wait, be, chow down · To what, where: own

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 meant	punct
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 meant	cop
4	Conn	Conn	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 meant	nsubj
5	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 chow	mark
7	chow	chow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 meant	xcomp
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 chow	compound:prt
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 own	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 own	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 chow	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 is	cc
13	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 meant	conj
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 no	mark
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 no	det
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	18 no	det
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 no	punct
18	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 is	nsubj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	Conn		mean property	tree rules
3	chow down not said to happen	to-infinitive	Conn not said here	Conn's own		tree rules
4	be	present	no			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It's a geasa, a taboo, so he can't eat solo

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 geasa	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 geasa	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 geasa	det
4	geasa	geasa	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 taboo	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 taboo	det
7	taboo	taboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 geasa	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 eat	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 eat	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 eat	nsubj
11	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 eat	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 eat	advmod
13	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 geasa	parataxis
14	solo	solo	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a geasa and a taboo					tree rules
2	not eat	can	he	solo					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent solo=Patient

Option 2

Honestly it's a geasa, a taboo, and he's not allowed to eat solo at any table ever

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Honestly	honestly	ADV	_	5 geasa	advmod
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 geasa	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 geasa	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 geasa	det
5	geasa	geasa	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 taboo	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 taboo	det
8	taboo	taboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 geasa	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 allowed	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 allowed	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 allowed	nsubj:pass
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 allowed	aux:pass
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 allowed	advmod
14	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 geasa	parataxis
15	to	to	PART	_	16 eat	mark
16	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 allowed	xcomp
17	solo	solo	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 eat	obj
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 table	case
19	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	20 table	det
20	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 eat	obl
21	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	16 eat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a geasa and a taboo			honestly property	tree rules
2	not allow	present · passive		he				vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	solo	any table	ever		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent solo=Patient

Option 3

It's a geasa, a taboo, so he can't eat on his own, bruv, that's the rule from the druids

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 geasa	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 geasa	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 geasa	det
4	geasa	geasa	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 taboo	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 taboo	det
7	taboo	taboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 geasa	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 eat	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 eat	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 eat	nsubj
11	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 eat	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 eat	advmod
13	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 geasa	parataxis
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 own	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 own	nmod:poss
16	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 eat	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 bruv	punct
18	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 geasa	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 rule	punct
20	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 rule	nsubj
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 rule	cop
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 rule	det
23	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 geasa	conj
24	from	from	ADP	_	26 druids	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 druids	det
26	druids	druid	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 rule	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a geasa and a taboo and bruv and the rule			tree rules
2	not eat	can	he		his own		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	that	the rule		from the druids	tree rules

Option 4

Nah it's just manners, he eats with others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 manners	discourse
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 manners	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 manners	cop
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 manners	advmod
5	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	8 eats	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 manners	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 eats	nsubj
8	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 others	case
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eats	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	manners					tree rules
2	eat	present	manners					with others	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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