Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan fe…

did the youth keep shouting at him, like, all day?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: youth · What happens: keep, shout

This is test 4 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 youth	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 youth	det
3	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 keep	nsubj
4	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 keep	xcomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shouting	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 like	punct
9	like	like	INTJ	_	4 keep	discourse
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 day	punct
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obl:unmarked
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	the youth				day		tree rules
2	shout speech: express	gerund	the youth not said here					at him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

yeah, a few times, and Covan said "nah, you do it"

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 times	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 times	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 times	det
4	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 times	amod
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 said	cc
8	Covan	Covan	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 times	parataxis
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 do	punct
11	nah	nah	INTJ	_	14 do	discourse
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 nah	punct
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 do	nsubj
14	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 said	ccomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 do	obj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Covan						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do in a quote	present	you	it					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, twice, and Covan was like "nah, you run them off"

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	13 run	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 run	punct
3	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	13 run	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 run	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 run	cc
6	Covan	Covan	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 run	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 run	cop
8	like	like	SCONJ	_	13 run	mark
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 run	punct
10	nah	nah	INTJ	_	13 run	discourse
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 nah	punct
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 run	nsubj
13	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 run	obj
15	off	off	ADP	_	13 run	compound:prt
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 run	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	Covan					run, twice property	tree rules

Option 3

yeah, loads, like every hour, and Covan just kept walking and ignored him totally the whole time

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 loads	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 loads	punct
3	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 kept	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hour	punct
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 hour	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 hour	det
7	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loads	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kept	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 kept	cc
10	Covan	Covan	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 kept	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 kept	advmod
12	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 kept	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 ignored	cc
15	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 kept	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 ignored	obj
17	totally	totally	ADV	_	15 ignored	advmod
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 time	det
19	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 time	amod
20	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ignored	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	loads and every hour				tree rules
2	walk	gerund	loads and every hour not said here				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ignore	past	loads and every hour not said here	Covan	time	totally property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

yeah, all day long, from dawn till dusk, and the youth ended up hoarse and Covan just laughed at him and carried on walking

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 day	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 day	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 day	det
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 day	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 dawn	punct
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 dawn	case
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 day	conj
9	till	till	ADP	_	10 dusk	case
10	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dawn	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 ended	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 ended	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 youth	det
14	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ended	nsubj
15	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 day	parataxis
16	up	up	ADP	_	15 ended	compound:prt
17	hoarse	hoarse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 ended	xcomp
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 laughed	cc
19	Covan	Covan	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 laughed	nsubj
20	just	just	ADV	_	21 laughed	advmod
21	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 ended	conj
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 him	case
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 laughed	obl
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 carried	cc
25	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 laughed	conj
26	on	on	ADP	_	27 walking	case
27	walking	walking	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	end up	past	the youth		hoarse property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	laugh	past	Covan		at youth	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	carry	past	Covan not said here	walking		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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