Test 3 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian fre…

Bro, why'd the chain thing even work for Ian?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chain thing · What happens: work

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thing	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 thing	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	7 thing	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thing	det
6	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thing	compound
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bro	appos
8	even	even	ADV	_	9 work	advmod
9	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 thing	acl:relcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 Ian	case
11	Ian	Ian	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 work	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Bro	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	the chain thing not said here					for Ian	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for ian=Beneficiary

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

Cos the chain was loose and he was just a bit stronger, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 loose	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chain	det
3	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loose	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 loose	cop
5	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 stronger	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stronger	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 stronger	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	11 bit	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bit	det
11	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stronger	obl:unmarked
12	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 loose	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 loose	punct
14	innit	innit	INTJ	_	5 loose	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the chain					loose property	tree rules
2	is	past	he					a bit obl:unmarked; strong property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Cos the iron was rusted through and he just pulled hard, obviously

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 rusted	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 iron	det
3	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rusted	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rusted	aux:pass
5	rusted	rust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	through	through	ADP	_	5 rusted	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 pulled	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 pulled	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 pulled	advmod
10	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rusted	conj
11	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 pulled	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 rusted	punct
13	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	5 rusted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rust through	past · passive		the iron				obviously property	tree rules
2	pull	past	iron					hard property	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Cos he's a wee bit lucky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	7 lucky	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lucky	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lucky	cop
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	7 lucky	obl:unmarked
7	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					a wee bit obl:unmarked; lucky property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He's a proper strong lad, obviously

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lad	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lad	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lad	det
4	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lad	amod
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lad	amod
6	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lad	punct
8	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	6 lad	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a proper strong lad				obviously property	tree rules

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