Test 9 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, the tale of Conn and Segda, part 32…

Did the king just go all brave and say he'd die for Ireland, or what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: king · What happens: do, go, say, die · To what, where: king · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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	5 go	advcl
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 go	advmod
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 brave	advmod
7	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 go	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 say	cc
9	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 go	conj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 die	nsubj
11	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 die	aux
12	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 say	ccomp
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 Ireland	case
14	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 die	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 what	punct
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 what	cc
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 go	parataxis
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past		the king		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality
2	go	present			brave property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert	infinitive				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	die	would	king		for Ireland	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for ireland=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

No, Segda said he'd die for the people, not the whole country

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Segda	Segda	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 die	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 die	aux
7	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 people	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 people	det
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 die	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 country	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 country	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 country	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 country	amod
15	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Segda	the whole country					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	die	would	Segda					for the people	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for people=Theme

Option 2

No, Segda said he'd die for the people who were hungry and not for the whole of Ireland as the king asked

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Segda	Segda	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 die	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 die	aux
7	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 people	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 people	det
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 die	obl
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 hungry	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 hungry	cop
13	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 people	acl:relcl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 whole	cc
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 whole	advmod
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 whole	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 whole	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hungry	conj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 Ireland	case
20	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 whole	obl
21	as	as	SCONJ	_	24 asked	mark
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 king	det
23	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 asked	nsubj
24	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 die	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Segda		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	die	would	Segda	for the people	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for people=Theme
3	is	past	the people	hungry property	tree rules
4	not be		the people not said here	of Ireland	tree rules
5	ask speech: ask	past	the king		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

No, he said he'd die for the king, not the people, yeah

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 die	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 die	aux
7	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 king	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 die	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 people	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 people	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 people	det
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 king	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
16	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	die	would	he					for the king and the people	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for king=Theme

Option 4

No, Segda said he'd die for the people of the island, not the whole country, and he meant it, bruv

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Segda	Segda	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 die	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 die	aux
7	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 people	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 people	det
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 die	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 island	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 island	det
13	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 people	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 country	punct
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 country	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 country	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 country	amod
18	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 island	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 meant	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 meant	cc
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 meant	nsubj
22	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 meant	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 bruv	punct
25	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 meant	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Segda			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	die	would	Segda		for the people of the island and the whole country	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for people=Theme
3	mean	past	Segda	country	bruv obl	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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