Test 13 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian fre…

Wait, the raven says "you know what's behind you" meaning what?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, raven · What happens: wait, say, know, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1142 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian frees the knight's daughter, kills the giant, and is left behind on the island» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 raven	det
4	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 know	punct
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 know	nsubj
8	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 meaning	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 meaning	cop
11	behind	behind	ADP	_	14 meaning	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 meaning	nsubj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 meaning	punct
14	meaning	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 know	ccomp
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 meaning	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	the raven		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	know in a quote	present	you		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	is	present		mean 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

The raven's behind him, mate

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	root	root
3	's	's	PART	_	2 raven	case
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 raven	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mate	punct
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raven	conj

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Ian doesnae know what's ahead, pal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ian	Ian	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 know	nsubj
2	doesnae	doesnae	X	Foreign=Yes	3 know	dep
3	know	know	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 ahead	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ahead	cop
6	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	3 know	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pal	punct
8	pal	pal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 know	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	infinitive	Ian						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present						ahead property	tree rules

Option 3

Ian doesnae see whit's comin up behind, pal, so watch oot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ian	Ian	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 see	nsubj
2	doesnae	doesnae	X	Foreign=Yes	1 Ian	dep
3	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	whit	whit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 comin	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 whit	case
6	comin	comin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 see	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	3 see	compound:prt
8	behind	behind	ADV	_	3 see	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 pal	punct
10	pal	pal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 see	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 watch	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 watch	advmod
13	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 see	conj
14	oot	oot	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 watch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see up	infinitive	Ian	whit's comin				pal obl; behind property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer comin=Stimulus
2	watch	infinitive	Ian not said here	oot					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oot=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Ian needs tae turn roond

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ian	Ian	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tae	tae	X	Foreign=Yes	4 turn	mark
4	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 needs	xcomp
5	roond	roond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Ian						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	turn not said to happen	infinitive	Ian not said here	roond					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent roond=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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