Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian fre…
Lol, the door on the raven's tail, that's proper mental, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: door · What happens: be
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | Lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 14 mental | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lol | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 door | det |
| 4 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 mental | nsubj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 tail | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 raven | det |
| 7 | raven | raven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tail | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 raven | case |
| 9 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 door | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 mental | punct |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 mental | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 mental | cop |
| 13 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 mental | amod |
| 14 | mental | mental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 mental | punct |
| 16 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 14 mental | discourse |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 mental | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the door on the raven's tail | mental 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 · ✓ the right answer
Aye, it was a feather, pure gutted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aye | aye | INTJ | _ | 6 feather | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Aye | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 feather | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 feather | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 feather | det |
| 6 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 pure | punct |
| 8 | pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 feather | amod |
| 9 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 feather | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a feather | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | gut | participle | a feather not said here | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Nah, pal, the door was fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 8 fine | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | pal | pal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fine | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 door | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 door | det |
| 6 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pal | conj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 fine | cop |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | pal and the door | fine property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nah, it was a bird, dead mad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 bird | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 bird | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 bird | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bird | det |
| 6 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 bird | punct |
| 8 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mad | amod |
| 9 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bird | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a bird | tree rules |
Option 4
Aye, it was only a wee feather from the raven's tail, pure gutted, mate
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aye | aye | INTJ | _ | 8 feather | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Aye | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 feather | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 feather | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 feather | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 feather | det |
| 7 | wee | wee | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 feather | amod |
| 8 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 tail | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 raven | det |
| 11 | raven | raven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 tail | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 raven | case |
| 13 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 feather | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 gutted | punct |
| 15 | pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 gutted | amod |
| 16 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 tail | acl:relcl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 mate | punct |
| 18 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 feather | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a wee feather and mate | the raven's tail | tree rules | |||
| 2 | gut | participle | the raven's tail not said here | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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