Test 11 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son, part 27: Ian is…
Whit did the three wee birds ask him, dae ye ken?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Whit, three wee birds · What happens: do, ask · To what, where: dae ye ken, Whit
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1302 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son, part 27: Ian is killed and revived by the deer, then the birds carry him under the sea» 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 | Whit | whit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 birds | det |
| 4 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 birds | nummod |
| 5 | wee | wee | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 birds | amod |
| 6 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 ask | nsubj |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | parataxis |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ask | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 ken | punct |
| 10 | dae | dae | X | Foreign=Yes | 12 ken | compound |
| 11 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 12 ken | compound |
| 12 | ken | ken | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Whit | dae ye ken | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present | the three wee birds | Whit | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
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
Whether they could tak him tae the sea-king's castle an' feed him sweeties
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 4 tak | mark |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tak | nsubj |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tak | aux |
| 4 | tak | tak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tak | obj |
| 6 | tae | tae | ADP | Foreign=Yes | 12 castle | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 king | det |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 king | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 sea | punct |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 castle | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 king | case |
| 12 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tak | obl |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 sweeties | det |
| 14 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 15 feed | punct |
| 15 | feed | feed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 sweeties | compound |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 feed | obj |
| 17 | sweeties | sweetie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 tak | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tak | could | they | him = he | tae the sea king's castle | tree rules | |||
| 2 | feed | infinitive | king | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
If there wis anything they could dae
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 wis | mark |
| 2 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 3 wis | expl |
| 3 | wis | wi | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 wis | obj |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 could | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 anything | acl:relcl |
| 7 | dae | dae | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 wis | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wi | present | anything | there | tree rules |
Option 3
Whether they could tak him somewhere grand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 4 tak | mark |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tak | nsubj |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tak | aux |
| 4 | tak | tak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tak | obj |
| 6 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 tak | advmod |
| 7 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tak | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tak | could | they | him = he | grand, somewhere property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
If there wis anything at aw they could dae tae help him find the king's dochter
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 wis | mark |
| 2 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 3 wis | expl |
| 3 | wis | wi | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 help | advcl |
| 4 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 wis | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 aw | case |
| 6 | aw | aw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 anything | nmod |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 help | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 help | aux |
| 9 | dae | dae | X | Foreign=Yes | 11 help | nsubj |
| 10 | tae | tae | X | Foreign=Yes | 9 dae | flat:foreign |
| 11 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 help | obj |
| 13 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 help | xcomp |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 king | det |
| 15 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 dochter | nmod:poss |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 king | case |
| 17 | dochter | dochter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wi a condition, not said to happen | present | they not said here | anything | aw; there | tree rules | |||
| 2 | help | could | they | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | find | infinitive | him = he not said here | the king's dochter | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dochter=Topic |
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