Test 5 · ★ · Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, part 34: Art crosses…
Was Morgan like, cheating in the fight, or what?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Morgan · What happens: cheat · To what, where: fight
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 cheating | aux |
| 2 | Morgan | Morgan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 cheating | nsubj |
| 3 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 5 cheating | discourse |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 cheating | punct |
| 5 | cheating | cheat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 fight | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fight | det |
| 8 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cheating | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 what | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 what | cc |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 cheating | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 cheating | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cheat | past · progressive | Morgan | the fight | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: 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
Nah, but he had a magic shield and a sword that never broke, so it was unfair the other way
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 had | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 had | cc |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 shield | det |
| 7 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 shield | amod |
| 8 | shield | shield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 sword | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 sword | det |
| 11 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shield | conj |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 broke | obj |
| 13 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 14 broke | advmod |
| 14 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 sword | acl:relcl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 unfair | punct |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 unfair | advmod |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 unfair | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 unfair | cop |
| 19 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 had | parataxis |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 way | det |
| 21 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 way | amod |
| 22 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 unfair | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | he | a magic shield and a sword | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shield=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not break | past | a sword | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Patient | |||||
| 3 | is | past | sword | the other way obl:unmarked; unfair property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yeah, he hid behind the copper spikes and sent his hags out to ambush Art from behind the wall
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 hid | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hid | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hid | nsubj |
| 4 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 8 spikes | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 spikes | det |
| 7 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 spikes | compound |
| 8 | spikes | spike | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hid | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 sent | cc |
| 10 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 hid | conj |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 hags | nmod:poss |
| 12 | hags | hag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 sent | obj |
| 13 | out | out | ADV | _ | 10 sent | advmod |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 ambush | mark |
| 15 | ambush | ambush | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 sent | advcl |
| 16 | Art | Art | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 ambush | obj |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 wall | case |
| 18 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 20 wall | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 wall | det |
| 20 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 ambush | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | he | the copper spikes | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind spike=Location | ||||
| 2 | send out | past | he not said here | his hags | out property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hag=Theme | |||
| 3 | ambush | to-infinitive | he not said here | Art | the wall | vn attack-60.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Patient |
Option 3
Nah, he just fought really hard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 fought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fought | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 fought | advmod |
| 5 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 hard | advmod |
| 7 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fought | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | past | he | hard property | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he kept changing his shape
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 kept | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | changing | change | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 kept | xcomp |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 shape | nmod:poss |
| 7 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 changing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | change | gerund | he not said here | his shape | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient |
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