Test 13 · ★ · Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Ian Direach, part 12:…
Whit did the king want before he'd gie up the colt, like?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Whit, king · What happens: do, want, gie up · To what, where: colt
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1146 «Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Ian Direach, part 12: the fox sails Ian to Erin and France, and the princess is tricked aboard» 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 | Whit | whit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 want | nsubj |
| 5 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | ccomp |
| 6 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 9 gie | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gie | nsubj |
| 8 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 gie | aux |
| 9 | gie | gie | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 want | xcomp |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 gie | compound:prt |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 colt | det |
| 12 | colt | colt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gie | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 like | punct |
| 14 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 gie | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Whit | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | want | present | the king | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | gie up not said to happen | would | king | the colt | 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 daughter o the king o the Franks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 daughter | det |
| 2 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | o | of | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 5 king | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 daughter | nmod |
| 6 | o | of | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 8 Franks | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Franks | det |
| 8 | Franks | frank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 daughter | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
his ain daughter an' the white hounds o the palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 2 | ain | ain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 daughter | amod |
| 3 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hounds | nsubj |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hounds | det |
| 5 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 hounds | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hounds | det |
| 7 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hounds | amod |
| 8 | hounds | hound | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 9 | o | of | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 11 palace | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 palace | det |
| 11 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hounds | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
the daughter o the king o the Franks an' a' her gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 daughter | det |
| 2 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | o | of | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 5 king | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 daughter | nmod |
| 6 | o | of | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 8 Franks | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Franks | det |
| 8 | Franks | frank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 daughter | nmod |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 gold | det |
| 10 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 14 gold | punct |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 gold | det |
| 12 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 14 gold | punct |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 gold | nmod:poss |
| 14 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Franks | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
the daughter o the high king o Alba
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 daughter | det |
| 2 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | o | of | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 6 king | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 5 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 king | amod |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 daughter | nmod |
| 7 | o | of | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 8 Alba | case |
| 8 | Alba | Alba | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 king | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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