Test 3 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan tr…

Was the king mad keen on her, like, properly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: king mad keen

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1071 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan trades cows for Duv Laca» 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 keen	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 keen	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keen	compound
4	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keen	amod
5	keen	keen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 keen	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 properly	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 properly	case
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 like	punct
11	properly	properly	ADV	_	5 keen	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 properly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the king mad keen				on her = she; properly property	tree rules

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

Nah, he hated the sight of her, like

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 hated	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hated	nsubj
4	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sight	det
6	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hated	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sight	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 like	punct
10	like	like	INTJ	_	4 hated	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	past	he	the sight of her					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus
2	sight			her = she					nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Nah, he couldn't stand her, he just wanted the cows and the horses too, honest

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 stand	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stand	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stand	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 stand	advmod
6	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stand	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wanted	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wanted	nsubj
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 wanted	advmod
11	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stand	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cows	det
13	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 wanted	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 horses	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 horses	det
16	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 cows	conj
17	too	too	ADV	_	11 wanted	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 honest	punct
19	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stand	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not stand	could	he	her = she					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
2	want	past	he	the cows and the horses					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cow=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Aye, he was mad about her, dead keen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	5 mad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mad	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mad	cop
5	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mad	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 keen	punct
9	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 keen	amod
10	keen	keen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					about her = she; mad property	tree rules

Option 4

Aye, he was mad about her, dead keen, and he'd have fought the whole of Ulster for her

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	5 mad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mad	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mad	cop
5	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mad	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 keen	punct
9	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 keen	amod
10	keen	keen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mad	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 fought	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 fought	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 fought	nsubj
14	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 fought	aux
15	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 fought	aux
16	fought	fight	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 mad	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Ulster	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 Ulster	amod
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 Ulster	case
20	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 fought	obj
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 her	case
22	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 fought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					about her = she; mad property	tree rules
2	fight	would · perfect	he	the whole Ulster				for her = she	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ulster=Co-Agent

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