Test 8 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan fe…
did Covan actually nick anything from the magic tree?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: nick · To what, where: Covan
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | 2 Covan | aux |
| 2 | Covan | Covan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 nick | obl |
| 3 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 4 nick | advmod |
| 4 | nick | nick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 nick | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 tree | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tree | det |
| 8 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tree | compound |
| 9 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 anything | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 nick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nick | present | Covan | actually property | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent anything=Theme from tree=Source |
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 · ✓ the right answer
nah, he brushed the fruit off and kept going
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 brushed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 brushed | nsubj |
| 4 | brushed | brush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fruit | det |
| 6 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 brushed | obj |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 brushed | compound:prt |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 kept | cc |
| 9 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 brushed | conj |
| 10 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 kept | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brush off | past | he | the fruit | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme | ||||
| 2 | keep | past | he not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go | gerund | he not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, he took one bite and ran off quick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 took | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 bite | nummod |
| 6 | bite | bite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 ran | cc |
| 8 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 took | conj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 ran | compound:prt |
| 10 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 ran | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | he | one bite | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bite=Theme | ||||
| 2 | run off | past | he not said here | quick property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
yeah, he pocketed a fruit and ran off with it hidden in his shirt for the whole trip home
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 pocketed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 pocketed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pocketed | nsubj |
| 4 | pocketed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root | |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 fruit | det |
| 6 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pocketed | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 ran | cc |
| 8 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 pocketed | conj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 ran | compound:prt |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 ran | obl |
| 12 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 ran | advcl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 shirt | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 shirt | nmod:poss |
| 15 | shirt | shirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hidden | obl |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 trip | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 trip | det |
| 18 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 trip | amod |
| 19 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hidden | obl |
| 20 | home | home | ADV | _ | 19 trip | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | past | he | a fruit | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme | |||||
| 2 | run off | past | he not said here | with fruit | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with it=Material | ||||
| 3 | hide | participle | he not said here | his shirt | for the whole trip | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shirt=Location |
Option 4
nah, he just brushed past it and moved on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 brushed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 brushed | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 brushed | advmod |
| 5 | brushed | brush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | past | past | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 brushed | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 moved | cc |
| 9 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 brushed | conj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brush | past | he | it | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme past it=Destination | ||||
| 2 | move on | participle | he not said here | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
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