Test 6 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, the tale of Conn and Segda, part 32…

So the lads in Tara wanted to kill Segda, yeah? For real?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lads · What happens: want, kill · To what, where: Segda

This is test 6 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: So the lads in Tara wanted to kill Segda, yeah?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	6 wanted	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lads	det
3	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wanted	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Tara	case
5	Tara	Tara	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lads	nmod
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 kill	mark
8	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wanted	xcomp
9	Segda	Segda	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 kill	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Segda	punct
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 kill	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the lads in Tara						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	kill not said to happen	to-infinitive	the lads in Tara not said here	Segda					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent segda=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.

Sentence 2: For real?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	2 real	case
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 real	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, for real, the magicians said his blood had to go in the soil, and the lads reckoned it was fair enough

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 real	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 real	punct
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 real	case
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 fair	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 magicians	det
7	magicians	magician	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 real	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 blood	nmod:poss
10	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 had	nsubj
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 said	ccomp
12	to	to	PART	_	13 go	mark
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 had	xcomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 soil	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 soil	det
16	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 go	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 reckoned	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 reckoned	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 lads	det
20	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 reckoned	nsubj
21	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 real	conj
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 reckoned	obj
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 fair	cop
24	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
25	enough	enough	ADV	_	24 fair	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the magicians				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	past	his blood				tree rules
3	go	to-infinitive	his blood not said here		the soil		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in soil=Location
4	reckon	past	the lads	blood			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Attribute
5	is	past				enough, fair property	tree rules

Option 2

Yeah, the druids said his blood would fix the soil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 druids	det
4	druids	druid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 blood	nmod:poss
7	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fix	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 fix	aux
9	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 soil	det
11	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fix	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the druids						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fix	would	his blood	the soil					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent soil=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the magicians said his blood had to go in the soil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 magicians	det
4	magicians	magician	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 blood	nmod:poss
7	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 go	mark
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 had	xcomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 soil	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 soil	det
13	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the magicians		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	past	his blood		tree rules
3	go	to-infinitive	his blood not said here	the soil	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in soil=Location

Option 4

Yeah, the magicians said his blood had to go in the soil of Tara, so he's getting killed at the hill today

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 magicians	det
4	magicians	magician	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 blood	nmod:poss
7	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 go	mark
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 had	xcomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 soil	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 soil	det
13	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 go	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Tara	case
15	Tara	Tara	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 soil	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 killed	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	21 killed	advmod
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 getting	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 getting	aux
20	getting	get	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 killed	aux:pass
21	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 said	ccomp
22	at	at	ADP	_	24 hill	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 hill	det
24	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 killed	obl
25	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 killed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the magicians				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	past	his blood				tree rules
3	go	to-infinitive	his blood not said here		the soil of Tara		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in soil=Location
4	kill	gerund · passive			the hill	today	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
5	soil			Tara			nom soil «state transitive»: of=patient

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