Test 7 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian fre…

Are the three blokes in the cave all proper dead?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: three blokes · What happens: be

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 dead	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 blokes	det
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 blokes	nummod
4	blokes	bloke	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 dead	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cave	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cave	det
7	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blokes	nmod
8	all	all	ADV	_	10 dead	advmod
9	proper	properly	ADV	_	10 dead	advmod
10	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 dead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the three blokes in the cave					all, dead, properly 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

Aye, they're just sleepin, pal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	6 sleepin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sleepin	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sleepin	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 sleepin	advmod
6	sleepin	sleepin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pal	punct
8	pal	pal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sleepin	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	they	sleepin and pal					tree rules

Option 2

Aye, some of them are, but the rest are just stoned under a spell, innit

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	13 stoned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	13 stoned	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 some	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 stoned	aux:pass
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stoned	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 stoned	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rest	det
10	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stoned	nsubj:pass
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 stoned	aux:pass
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 stoned	advmod
13	stoned	stone	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	under	under	ADP	_	16 spell	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 spell	det
16	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stoned	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 innit	punct
18	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 spell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stone	present · passive		some		a spell and innit			vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, they're just stoned, like, under a spell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 stoned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stoned	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stoned	aux:pass
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 stoned	advmod
6	stoned	stone	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 like	punct
8	like	like	INTJ	_	6 stoned	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 like	punct
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 spell	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 spell	det
12	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stone	present · passive		they		a spell			vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, they're no dead, just turned tae stones by the witch, pal

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 dead	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dead	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dead	cop
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 dead	det
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 turned	punct
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 turned	advmod
9	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dead	conj
10	tae	tae	X	Foreign=Yes	11 stones	compound
11	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 turned	obj
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 witch	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 witch	det
14	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 turned	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 pal	punct
16	pal	pal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 witch	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	they					dead property	tree rules
2	turn	past	they not said here	tae stones				by the witch and pal	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent stone=Theme

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