Test 1 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the prince…
oi mate, did the eagle really nab the nipper out the window, like proper?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: oi mate · What happens: do, nab out · To what, where: eagle, nipper
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1296 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the princess loses her children one by one, then follows her husband on the last journey» 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 | oi | oi | X | _ | 2 mate | compound |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 mate | punct |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 eagle | det |
| 6 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 7 | really | really | ADV | _ | 8 nab | advmod |
| 8 | nab | nab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | parataxis |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 nipper | det |
| 10 | nipper | nipper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 nab | obj |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 nab | compound:prt |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 window | det |
| 13 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 nab | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 proper | punct |
| 15 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 proper | case |
| 16 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 nab | parataxis |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | oi mate | the eagle | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | nab out | present | the nipper | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent nipper=Beneficiary window=Theme |
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
yeah, nabbed him by the sash and flew north over the hill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 nabbed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 nabbed | punct |
| 3 | nabbed | nab | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 nabbed | obj |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 sash | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sash | det |
| 7 | sash | sash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 nabbed | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 flew | cc |
| 9 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 nabbed | conj |
| 10 | north | north | ADV | _ | 9 flew | advmod |
| 11 | over | over | ADP | _ | 13 hill | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 hill | det |
| 13 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 flew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nab | participle | him = he | by the sash | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 2 | fly | past | the hill | north property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over hill=Location |
Option 2
yeah, got the sash in his beak and was off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sash | det |
| 5 | sash | sash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 beak | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 beak | nmod:poss |
| 8 | beak | beak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 off | cc |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 off | cop |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 got | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get off | past | the sash | his beak | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sash=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
yeah, took the sash in his beak and was gone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
| 3 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sash | det |
| 5 | sash | sash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 beak | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 beak | nmod:poss |
| 8 | beak | beak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 gone | cc |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 gone | cop |
| 11 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 took | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the sash | his beak | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sash=Value in beak=Location | ||||
| 2 | is | past | gone property | tree rules |
Option 4
nah, the sash was in his beak and he left
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 8 beak | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sash | det |
| 4 | sash | sash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 beak | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 beak | cop |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 beak | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 beak | nmod:poss |
| 8 | beak | beak | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 beak | cc |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 left | nsubj |
| 11 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 beak | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the sash | his beak | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave | past | he | his beak not said here | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beak=Theme |
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