Test 13 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan, part 40: a sad king and his…

why was mac an da'v gobsmacked by the priests, like?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, gobsmack · To what, where: da'v

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1072 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan, part 40: a sad king and his servant reach a noisy feast in Leinster» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 why	cop
3	mac	mac	CCONJ	_	5 da'v	cc
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 da'v	det
5	da'v	da'v	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 why	conj
6	gobsmacked	gobsmack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 da'v	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 priests	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 priests	det
9	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gobsmacked	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 like	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	5 da'v	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						why property	tree rules
2	gobsmack	participle		a da'v not said here				by the priests	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

they were praying

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	3 praying	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 praying	aux
3	praying	pray	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	past · progressive	they						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

they were reading their prayers aloud in a cold, damp church

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	3 reading	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reading	aux
3	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 prayers	nmod:poss
5	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reading	obj
6	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	3 reading	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	12 church	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 church	det
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 church	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cold	punct
11	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 church	amod
12	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reading	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past · progressive	they	their prayers		a cold damp church		aloud property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic
2	pray		their = they						nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

they were chanting the hymns

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	3 chanting	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chanting	aux
3	chanting	chant	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hymns	det
5	hymns	hymn	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chanting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chant	past · progressive	they	the hymns					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hymn=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

they were reading their prayers

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	3 reading	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reading	aux
3	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 prayers	nmod:poss
5	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reading	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past · progressive	they	their prayers					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic
2	pray		their = they						nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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