Test 1 · ★ · Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts, A Lost Paradise: a…

Yer wan in the hut was mad sick of not knowin', like, what was in the soup-thing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: knowin · What happens: be · To what, where: soup thing

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1286 «Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts, A Lost Paradise: a hungry couple is given a palace, then loses it by lifting a lid» 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	Yer	yer	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 wan	nmod:poss
2	wan	wan	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sick	advcl
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 hut	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hut	det
5	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wan	obl
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sick	cop
7	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sick	amod
8	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 knowin	case
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 knowin	advmod
11	knowin	knowin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sick	obl
12	',	',	PUNCT	_	11 knowin	punct
13	like	like	INTJ	_	11 knowin	discourse
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 thing	punct
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 thing	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 thing	cop
17	in	in	ADP	_	21 thing	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 thing	det
19	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 thing	compound
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 soup	punct
21	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 knowin	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 sick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						of knowin and the soup thing; sick property	tree rules
2	is	past	knowin and the soup thing			the soup thing			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

She was dyin' to know what was in the tureen, like, and she wouldn't shut up about it

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dyin	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dyin	cop
3	dyin	dyin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 dyin	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	6 know	mark
6	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 dyin	acl
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 tureen	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 tureen	cop
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 tureen	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tureen	det
11	tureen	tureen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 know	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 like	punct
13	like	like	ADP	_	11 tureen	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 shut	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 shut	cc
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 shut	nsubj
17	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 shut	aux
18	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 shut	advmod
19	shut	shut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 dyin	conj
20	up	up	ADP	_	19 shut	compound:prt
21	about	about	ADP	_	22 it	case
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 shut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	dyin			tree rules
2	know	to-infinitive					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past			the tureen		tree rules
4	not shut up	would	she			about tureen	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yer wan kept naggin' the poor fella all day about bein' dyin' to see the king's silver

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yer	yer	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 wan	nmod:poss
2	wan	wan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	naggin	naggin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 kept	xcomp
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 fella	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fella	det
7	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fella	amod
8	fella	fella	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 naggin	obj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 naggin	obl:unmarked
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 bein	case
12	bein	bein	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 day	nmod
13	'	'	PUNCT	_	14 dyin	punct
14	dyin	dyin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bein	appos
15	'	'	PUNCT	_	14 dyin	punct
16	to	to	PART	_	17 see	mark
17	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 naggin	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 king	det
19	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 silver	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 king	case
21	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	keep	past	Yer's wan			tree rules
2	naggin	gerund	Yer's wan not said here	the poor fella	day	tree rules
3	see	to-infinitive	Yer's wan not said here	the king's silver		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer silver=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She was dyin' to know what was in the tureen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dyin	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dyin	cop
3	dyin	dyin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 dyin	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	6 know	mark
6	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 dyin	acl
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 tureen	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 tureen	cop
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 tureen	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tureen	det
11	tureen	tureen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	She	dyin		tree rules
2	know	to-infinitive				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past			the tureen	tree rules

Option 4

She was grumpy 'cause the fire had gone out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grumpy	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grumpy	cop
3	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 grumpy	punct
5	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	9 gone	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gone	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 gone	aux
9	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 grumpy	advcl
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 gone	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					grumpy property	tree rules
2	go out	past · perfect	the fire						vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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