Test 8 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, the tale of Conn and Segda, part 32…

Did the protections on Segda actually stop the men of Ireland, or did they just stand there?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: protections · What happens: do, stop, stand · To what, where: men

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 protections	det
3	protections	protection	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stop	nsubj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 Segda	case
5	Segda	Segda	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 protections	nmod
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 stop	advmod
7	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 men	det
9	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stop	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Ireland	case
11	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 men	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 stand	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 stand	cc
14	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 stand	aux
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 stand	nsubj
16	just	just	ADV	_	17 stand	advmod
17	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 stop	conj
18	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 stand	advmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stop	present	the protections on Segda	the men of Ireland		actually property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality man=Eventuality
3	stand	past · do-support	protections = protection		there		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 · ✓ the right answer

They refused the bond and said the king was unfair to Ireland

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bond	det
4	bond	bond	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refused	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 said	cc
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 refused	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 unfair	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 unfair	cop
10	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 said	ccomp
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 Ireland	case
12	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 unfair	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	They	the bond			vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bond=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	They not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the king		Ireland	unfair property	tree rules

Option 2

They refused the bond outright and said the High King was being unfair to all of Ireland and its people

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bond	det
4	bond	bond	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refused	obj
5	outright	outright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 refused	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 said	cc
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 refused	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 King	det
9	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 King	amod
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 unfair	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 unfair	cop
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 unfair	cop
13	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 said	ccomp
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 unfair	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Ireland	case
17	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 all	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 people	cc
19	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 people	nmod:poss
20	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 unfair	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	They	the bond	outright property	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bond=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	They not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the High King		to all; unfair property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They stood there and didn't stop the death, sadly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 stood	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stop	cc
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 stop	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 stop	advmod
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stood	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 death	det
9	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stop	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sadly	punct
11	sadly	sadly	ADV	_	2 stood	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	They			there		sadly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not stop	past · do-support	They not said here	the death					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality death=Eventuality

Option 4

They refused the bond and said the king was unfair to Ireland, so they walked off with the boy in their arms

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bond	det
4	bond	bond	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refused	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 said	cc
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 refused	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 unfair	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 unfair	cop
10	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 said	ccomp
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 Ireland	case
12	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 unfair	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 walked	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	16 walked	advmod
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 walked	nsubj
16	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 refused	conj
17	off	off	ADP	_	16 walked	compound:prt
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 boy	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 boy	det
20	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 walked	obl
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 arms	case
22	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 arms	nmod:poss
23	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	They	the bond				vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bond=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	They not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the king		Ireland		unfair property	tree rules
4	walk off	past	they			their arms	with the boy	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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