Test 13 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son, part 27: Ian is…
Whit happened when the robbers scrapped at the end?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Whit, robbers · What happens: happen, scrap · To what, where: end
This is test 13 · ★ 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 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 scrapped | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 robbers | det |
| 5 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 scrapped | nsubj |
| 6 | scrapped | scrap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 happened | advcl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 end | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 end | det |
| 9 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 scrapped | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | Whit | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | scrap | past | the robbers | at the end | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
They killed each ither wi' swords an' then the hoose caught fire an' aw burned
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 killed | nsubj |
| 2 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 wi | det |
| 4 | ither | ither | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wi | compound |
| 5 | wi | wi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 swords | nsubj |
| 6 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 wi | punct |
| 7 | swords | sword | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 killed | parataxis |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 ' | det |
| 9 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 swords | punct |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 caught | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 hoose | det |
| 12 | hoose | hoose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 caught | nsubj |
| 13 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 killed | advcl |
| 14 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 caught | obj |
| 15 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 aw | det |
| 16 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 17 aw | punct |
| 17 | aw | aw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 caught | obj |
| 18 | burned | burn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 aw | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill | past | They | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | sword | present | each ither wi | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | catch | past | the hoose | fire | then | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent fire=Beneficiary aw=Theme | |||
| 4 | burn | participle | a aw not said here | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
They stabbed the captain and the cook
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stabbed | nsubj |
| 2 | stabbed | stab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 captain | det |
| 4 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stabbed | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 cook | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cook | det |
| 7 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 captain | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stab | past | They | the captain and the cook | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent captain=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
They killed each ither and aw lay deid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 killed | nsubj |
| 2 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 ither | det |
| 4 | ither | ither | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lay | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 aw | cc |
| 6 | aw | aw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ither | conj |
| 7 | lay | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 killed | parataxis |
| 8 | deid | deid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lay | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill | past | They | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | lay | present | each ither and aw | deid | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deid=Result |
Option 4
They fought the whole nicht lang till the sun came up an' the hoose fell doon
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 fought | nsubj |
| 2 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lang | det |
| 4 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 lang | amod |
| 5 | nicht | nicht | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lang | compound |
| 6 | lang | lang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fought | obj |
| 7 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 10 came | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sun | det |
| 9 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 came | nsubj |
| 10 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 fought | advcl |
| 11 | up | up | ADV | _ | 10 came | advmod |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 fell | det |
| 13 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 fell | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 hoose | det |
| 15 | hoose | hoose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 fell | nsubj |
| 16 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 fought | conj |
| 17 | doon | doon | ADV | _ | 16 fell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | past | They | the whole nicht lang | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lang=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | come up | past | the sun | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | fall | past | the hoose | doon property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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