Test 3 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan fe…

how gutted was Covan when the rain came?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: gutted Covan · What happens: gut, be, come · To what, where: gutted Covan

This is test 3 · ★ 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 gutted	advmod
2	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 Covan	amod
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Covan	cop
4	Covan	Covan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 came	nsubj
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 came	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rain	det
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	gut	participle			vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		gutted Covan	tree rules
3	come	past	gutted Covan		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

dead gutted, he was soaked to the bone and sure the cows had all wandered off over the hill for good

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gutted	amod
2	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 soaked	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 gutted	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 soaked	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 soaked	aux:pass
6	soaked	soak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 bone	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bone	det
9	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 soaked	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sure	cc
11	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bone	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cows	det
13	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 wandered	nsubj:pass
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 wandered	aux
15	all	all	ADV	_	16 wandered	advmod
16	wandered	wander	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 sure	ccomp
17	off	off	ADP	_	16 wandered	compound:prt
18	over	over	ADP	_	20 hill	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 hill	det
20	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wandered	obl
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 good	case
22	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 soaked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	gut	participle				vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	soak	past · passive	he		to the bone; for good	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
3	wander off	past · perfect · passive	the cows	the hill	all property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

dead gutted, he thought the cows would drown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gutted	amod
2	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 thought	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 gutted	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thought	nsubj
5	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cows	det
7	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 drown	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 drown	aux
9	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	gut	participle	he not said here	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	think speech: other	past	he	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	drown	would	the cows	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

dead gutted, he thought he'd lose the cows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gutted	amod
2	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 thought	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 gutted	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thought	nsubj
5	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lose	nsubj
7	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 lose	aux
8	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thought	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cows	det
10	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	gut	participle	he not said here		vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	think speech: other	past	he		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	lose	would	he	the cows	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Eventuality

Option 4

proper gutted, he sat down in the mud and cried for ages while the whole herd wandered off into the dark

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	proper	properly	ADV	_	2 gutted	advmod
2	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sat	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 gutted	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sat	nsubj
5	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 sat	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 mud	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mud	det
9	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 cried	cc
11	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sat	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 ages	case
13	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 cried	obl
14	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 wandered	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 herd	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 herd	amod
17	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 wandered	nsubj
18	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 cried	advcl
19	off	off	ADP	_	18 wandered	compound:prt
20	into	into	ADP	_	22 dark	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 dark	det
22	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 wandered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut	participle	he not said here			properly property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	sit down	past	he	the mud			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in mud=Location
3	cry speech: express	past	he not said here		for ages		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for age=Recipient
4	wander off	past	the whole herd	the dark			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into dark=Destination

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