Test 3 · ★ · West Highland Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 7: Ian ou…

So what's the deal wi the tobacco, bruv?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: deal

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1141 «West Highland Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 7: Ian outwits the raven and slays the second giant» 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 deal	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 deal	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 deal	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 deal	det
5	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	wi	wi	ADP	_	8 tobacco	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tobacco	det
8	tobacco	tobacco	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deal	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bruv	punct
10	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deal	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 deal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the deal and bruv				wi the tobacco	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 · ✓ the right answer

The raven wanted a wee bit, so he got it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 raven	det
2	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
5	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bit	amod
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 got	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 got	nsubj
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the raven	a wee bit					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	get	past	raven	bit					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

The raven wanted a wee bit for the peck, so Ian gave him it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 raven	det
2	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
5	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bit	amod
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obl:unmarked
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 peck	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 peck	det
9	peck	peck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gave	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 gave	advmod
12	Ian	Ian	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 gave	nsubj
13	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gave	iobj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the raven	a wee bit				for the peck	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	give	past	Ian	peck	raven				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient it=Theme

Option 3

The raven wanted a wee bit of tobacco, so he got it from the pouch and ate it

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 raven	det
2	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
5	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bit	amod
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 tobacco	case
8	tobacco	tobacco	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bit	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 got	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 got	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 got	nsubj
12	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 got	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 pouch	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 pouch	det
16	pouch	pouch	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 got	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 ate	cc
18	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	conj
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	want	past	the raven	a wee bit of tobacco		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bit=Theme
2	get	past	raven	bit	the pouch	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from pouch=Source
3	eat	past	the raven not said here	bit		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4

The raven asked for it, so he got it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 raven	det
2	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asked	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 got	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 got	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 got	nsubj
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 asked	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the raven					for it	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	past	raven	it					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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