Test 12 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins th…

Gutted, so he just smacked his head on a stone and that was it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, that · What happens: gut, smack, be · To what, where: head, stone

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1279 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins the princess, then dies on the bridge of Dublin» 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	Gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 smacked	mark
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 smacked	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 smacked	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 smacked	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 smacked	advmod
6	smacked	smack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 head	nmod:poss
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 smacked	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 stone	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 stone	det
11	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 smacked	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 it	cc
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 it	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 it	cop
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stone	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 smacked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	gut	participle				vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	smack	past	he	his head	on a stone	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent head=Instrument on stone=Patient
3	is a	past	that	stone		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

yes, he died instantly after hitting his head on the stone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 died	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 died	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 died	nsubj
4	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	4 died	advmod
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 hitting	mark
7	hitting	hit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 died	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 head	nmod:poss
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hitting	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 stone	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stone	det
12	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	he					instantly property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	hit	gerund	he not said here	his head				on the stone	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent head=Instrument on stone=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yes, he died straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 died	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 died	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 died	nsubj
4	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 away	advmod
6	away	away	ADV	_	4 died	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	he					away property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3

no, he lived on a while

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 lived	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lived	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lived	nsubj
4	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 while	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 while	det
7	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	he				while		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

no, he lingered for hours before dying from the blow to his head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 lingered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lingered	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lingered	nsubj
4	lingered	linger	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 hours	case
6	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lingered	obl
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 dying	mark
8	dying	die	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 lingered	advcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 blow	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 blow	det
11	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dying	obl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 head	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 head	nmod:poss
14	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 blow	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	linger	past	he				hour		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	die	gerund	he not said here			the blow to his head			vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from blow=Causer

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