Test 12 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son, part 27: Ian is…

Whit did the robbers yell when they got hame?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Whit, robbers · What happens: do, yell, get · To what, where: hame · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ 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	4 robbers	det
4	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 yell	nsubj
5	yell	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	ccomp
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 got	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 got	nsubj
8	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 yell	ccomp
9	hame	hame	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 got	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	Whit		tree rules
2	yell speech: express	present	the robbers		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get	past	robbers = robber	hame	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hame=Stimulus

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

Some wee gadgie's eaten aw oor dinner an' the bread tae

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 gadgie	det
2	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gadgie	amod
3	gadgie	gadgie	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dinner	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 gadgie	case
5	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 dinner	amod
6	aw	aw	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dinner	amod
7	oor	oor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dinner	amod
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bread	det
10	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 bread	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bread	det
12	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dinner	appos
13	tae	tae	X	Foreign=Yes	12 bread	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	participle							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Somebody's eaten oor dinner an' that wee lad is hidin' somewhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 eaten	nsubj
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Somebody	case
3	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	oor	oor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dinner	amod
5	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eaten	obj
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 eaten	obj
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 hidin	punct
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 lad	det
9	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lad	amod
10	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hidin	compound
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 hidin	cop
12	hidin	hidin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 an	nmod
13	'	's	PART	_	12 hidin	case
14	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 eaten	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	participle	Somebody	oor dinner				somewhere property	tree rules
2	is	present						's lad hidin	tree rules

Option 3

The laddie's run awa wi' it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 laddie	det
2	laddie	laddie	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wi	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 laddie	case
4	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 wi	amod
5	awa	awa	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wi	compound
6	wi	wi	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 wi	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wi	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	participle							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Someone's eaten oor dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 dinner	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Someone	case
3	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 dinner	amod
4	oor	oor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dinner	amod
5	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	participle							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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