Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan fe…

is the cranny in the rock like a proper cave?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: cranny, rock

This is test 9 · ★ 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	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cranny	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cranny	det
3	cranny	cranny	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 rock	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rock	det
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cranny	nmod
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 cave	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cave	det
9	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cave	amod
10	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rock	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 cranny	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the cranny		the rock like a proper cave			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

nah, it was just a tiny narrow crack in the rock with some scraps of food and damp moss tucked inside

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	9 crack	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 crack	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 crack	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	9 crack	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 crack	det
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 crack	amod
8	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 crack	amod
9	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 rock	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rock	det
12	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 crack	nmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 scraps	case
14	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	15 scraps	det
15	scraps	scrap	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 crack	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 food	case
17	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 scraps	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 moss	cc
19	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 moss	amod
20	moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 food	conj
21	tucked	tuck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 scraps	acl
22	inside	inside	ADV	_	21 tucked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a tiny narrow crack		the rock		with some scraps of food and damp moss	tree rules
2	tuck	participle		some scraps of food and damp moss not said here				inside property	vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

nah, just a little crack with food and moss inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 crack	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	6 crack	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 crack	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 crack	amod
6	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 food	case
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crack	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 moss	cc
10	moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 food	conj
11	inside	inside	ADV	_	10 moss	advmod

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

Option 3

nah, just a small crack with some moss inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 crack	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	6 crack	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 crack	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 crack	amod
6	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 moss	case
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 moss	det
9	moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crack	nmod
10	inside	inside	ADV	_	6 crack	advmod

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

Option 4

it's way bigger than that, a huge cave with dry straw beds, a fire pit, and bags of food and tools inside for travellers

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 way	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 way	cop
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 way	amod
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 that	case
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 bigger	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cave	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cave	det
9	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cave	amod
10	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 way	nmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 beds	case
12	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 beds	amod
13	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 beds	compound
14	beds	bed	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cave	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 pit	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 pit	det
17	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 pit	compound
18	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cave	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 bags	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 bags	cc
21	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 way	conj
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 food	case
23	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 bags	nmod
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 tools	cc
25	tools	tool	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 food	conj
26	inside	inside	ADV	_	25 tools	advmod
27	for	for	ADP	_	28 travellers	case
28	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 tools	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	way and bags of food and tools for travellers				a huge cave with dry straw beds and a fire pit nmod	tree rules

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