Test 7 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan fe…

so the Dog of Maol-mor, was he sound or what?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dog · What happens: be · To what, where: sound

This is test 7 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	11 sound	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Dog	det
3	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sound	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 mor	case
5	Maol	Maol	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mor	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Maol	punct
7	mor	mor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Dog	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Dog	punct
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 sound	cop
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sound	nsubj
11	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 what	cc
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 sound	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 sound	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the Dog of Maol mor	sound					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

totally sound, lamb for dinner and a nap, Covan woke up happy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	totally	totally	ADV	_	2 sound	advmod
2	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 woke	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lamb	punct
4	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sound	conj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 dinner	case
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lamb	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 nap	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 nap	det
9	nap	nap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lamb	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sound	punct
11	Covan	Covan	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 woke	nsubj
12	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 woke	compound:prt
14	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 woke	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake up	past	Covan	sound and lamb for dinner and a nap				happy property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

dead sound, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sound	amod
2	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 mate	punct
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sound	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

pretty sound, had lamb and a sleep, Covan was up early

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	pretty	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sound	amod
2	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sound	punct
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sleep	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sleep	det
8	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lamb	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 up	punct
10	Covan	Covan	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 up	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 up	cop
12	up	up	ADV	_	4 had	xcomp
13	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 up	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	pretty sound	lamb and a sleep					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Patient
2	is	past	Covan					early, up property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

totally sound, lamb for tea and a kip, Covan woke up buzzing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	totally	totally	ADV	_	2 sound	advmod
2	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 woke	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lamb	punct
4	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sound	conj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 tea	case
6	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lamb	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kip	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 kip	det
9	kip	kip	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lamb	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sound	punct
11	Covan	Covan	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 woke	nsubj
12	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 woke	compound:prt
14	buzzing	buzzing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 woke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake up	past	Covan	sound and lamb for tea and a kip					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent buzzing=Patient

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