Test 2 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan fe…

bro, that raven was mental, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: raven · What happens: be

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1184 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan feeds the raven, herds the cows through fire and flood, and is sheltered by two friends» 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	6 mental	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bro	punct
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 raven	det
4	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mental	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 mental	cop
6	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mental	punct
8	right	right	INTJ	_	6 mental	discourse
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 mental	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	that raven					bro vocative; 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

pretty mad, he asked for cake and then was like "all right mate"

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	2 mad	advmod
2	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 asked	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 asked	nsubj
5	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 mad	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 cake	case
7	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asked	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 mate	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 mate	advmod
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 mate	cop
11	like	like	ADP	_	15 mate	case
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 mate	punct
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 mate	det
14	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 mate	amod
15	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mad	conj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	he					for cake	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	past					then	like all right mate	tree rules

Option 2

proper mental, he begged for cake then turned into a right nosy bloke and followed Covan around the whole moor till dinner

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	proper	properly	ADV	_	2 mental	advmod
2	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 turned	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 begged	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 begged	nsubj
5	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 mental	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 cake	case
7	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 begged	obl
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 turned	advmod
9	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	into	into	ADP	_	14 bloke	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bloke	det
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bloke	amod
13	nosy	nosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bloke	amod
14	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 turned	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 followed	cc
16	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 turned	conj
17	Covan	Covan	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 followed	obj
18	around	around	ADP	_	21 moor	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 moor	det
20	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 moor	amod
21	moor	moor	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 followed	obl
22	till	till	ADP	_	23 dinner	case
23	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 moor	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	he				for cake	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for cake=Topic
2	turn	past	mental		a right nosy bloke	then		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into bloke=Trajectory
3	follow	past	mental not said here	Covan	the whole moor till dinner			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent covan=Theme around moor=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

proper mental, he wanted a bit of cake and then he was like "hey mate"

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	proper	properly	ADV	_	2 mental	advmod
2	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wanted	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 mental	parataxis
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bit	det
7	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 cake	case
9	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bit	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 mate	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 mate	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 mate	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 mate	cop
14	like	like	ADP	_	17 mate	case
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 mate	punct
16	hey	hey	INTJ	_	17 mate	discourse
17	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mental	conj
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	a bit of cake					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bit=Theme
2	is in a quote	past	he				then	like mate	tree rules

Option 4

proper mental, he wanted cake and then said "cheers mate"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	proper	properly	ADV	_	2 mental	advmod
2	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wanted	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 mental	parataxis
6	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 said	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 said	advmod
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wanted	conj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 mate	punct
11	cheers	cheer	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 mate	compound
12	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	vocative
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	cake					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cake=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	he not said here				then	cheers mate vocative	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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