Test 12 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the pri…

Bampot, how did the giant's daughter get the prince tae sleep in the byre?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bampot, prince · What happens: do, get, sleep · To what, where: daughter, byre

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1322 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the prince and the giant's daughter escape on the blue-grey mare» 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	Bampot	Bampot	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 get	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Bampot	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 giant	det
6	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 daughter	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 giant	case
8	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 prince	det
11	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sleep	nsubj
12	tae	tae	X	Foreign=Yes	13 sleep	compound
13	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 get	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 byre	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 byre	det
16	byre	byre	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sleep	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past		the giant's daughter		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Eventuality
2	get	present	Bampot			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	sleep		the prince		the byre	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 tucked him in wi a blanket

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	2 tucked	nsubj
2	tucked	tuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tucked	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 blanket	case
5	wi	wi	X	_	7 blanket	compound
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 blanket	det
7	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tuck	past	she	him = he		a wi blanket			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme in blanket=Trajectory

Option 2

she said "Lay doon yer weariness" and gied him a warm bed in the byre

The tree, 15 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	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Lay	punct
4	Lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
5	doon	doon	ADV	_	4 Lay	advmod
6	yer	yer	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 weariness	nmod:poss
7	weariness	weariness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Lay	obj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Lay	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gied	cc
10	gied	gi	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 gied	obj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bed	det
13	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bed	amod
14	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gied	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 byre	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 byre	det
17	byre	byre	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lay in a quote	infinitive		yer's weariness		doon property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weariness=Result
3	gi	past	she not said here	him = he	the byre		tree rules

Option 3

she telt him tae sleep in the straw

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	2 telt	nsubj
2	telt	telt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 telt	obj
4	tae	tae	ADP	Foreign=Yes	5 sleep	case
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 telt	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 straw	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 straw	det
8	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 telt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	telt	past	she	him = he		the straw		tae sleep	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she said "Lay doon yer weariness"

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	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Lay	punct
4	Lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
5	doon	doon	ADV	_	4 Lay	advmod
6	yer	yer	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 weariness	nmod:poss
7	weariness	weariness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Lay	obj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Lay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lay in a quote	infinitive		yer's weariness				doon property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weariness=Result

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