Test 12 · ★ · Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, part 34: Art crosses…

Sorted, so what's the last thing Art has to deal with?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: last thing · What happens: sort, be, have, deal · To what, where: last thing

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1066 «Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, part 34: Art crosses monsters and dangers, then fights Dog Head and Morgan» 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	Sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 what	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 what	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	1 Sorted	obl
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 thing	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thing	det
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 has	nsubj
9	Art	Art	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 thing	appos
10	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 what	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 deal	mark
12	deal	deal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 has	xcomp
13	with	with	ADP	_	12 deal	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Sorted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sort	participle			vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		the last thing	tree rules
3	have	present	the last thing		tree rules
4	deal	to-infinitive	the last thing not said here		vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: 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

Morgan fighting him in changing shapes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Morgan	Morgan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 fighting	nsubj
2	fighting	fight	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fighting	obj
4	in	in	SCONJ	_	5 changing	mark
5	changing	change	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fighting	advcl
6	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 changing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	gerund	Morgan	him = he					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent
2	change	gerund	Morgan not said here	shapes					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The sea monsters returning one last time to drag him down under the waves and drown him

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 monsters	det
2	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 monsters	compound
3	monsters	monster	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 monsters	acl
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 time	nummod
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 time	amod
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 returning	obl:unmarked
8	to	to	PART	_	9 drag	mark
9	drag	drag	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 returning	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 drag	obj
11	down	down	ADP	_	9 drag	compound:prt
12	under	under	ADP	_	14 waves	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 waves	det
14	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 drag	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 drown	cc
16	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 drag	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 drown	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	return	gerund	the sea monsters not said here			time	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	drag down	to-infinitive	the sea monsters not said here	him = he	the waves		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	drown	infinitive	the sea monsters not said here	him = he			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

Morgan with a magic spear and shield

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Morgan	Morgan	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	5 spear	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 spear	det
4	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spear	compound
5	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Morgan	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 shield	cc
7	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spear	conj

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

Option 4

Morgan shooting arrows from the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Morgan	Morgan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 arrows	compound
2	shooting	shooting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arrows	compound
3	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 wall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wall	det
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arrows	nmod

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

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