Test 3 · ★ · Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is hea…
wait the ointment brought him back innit
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wait ointment · What happens: wait, bring back · To what, where: him
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1326 «Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is healed by a widowed countess and rides out to fight the earl who wants her lands» 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 ointment | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ointment | det |
| 3 | ointment | ointment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 brought | nsubj |
| 4 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 brought | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 brought | advmod |
| 7 | innit | innit | PROPN | _ | 4 brought | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | infinitive | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | bring back | past | the wait ointment | him = he | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |
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 it was like a proper magic potion that the countess had brought from her chest
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 potion | discourse |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 potion | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 potion | cop |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 potion | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 potion | det |
| 6 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 potion | amod |
| 7 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 potion | amod |
| 8 | potion | potion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 brought | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 countess | det |
| 11 | countess | countess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 brought | aux |
| 13 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 potion | acl |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 chest | case |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 chest | nmod:poss |
| 16 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 brought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | like a proper magic potion | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bring | past · perfect · passive | a proper magic potion not said here | the countess | her chest | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from chest=Initial_Location |
Option 2
yeah it was like a healing salve
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 salve | discourse |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 salve | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 salve | cop |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 salve | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 salve | det |
| 6 | healing | healing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 salve | compound |
| 7 | salve | salve | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | like a healing salve | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
yeah it was like a proper magic potion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 potion | discourse |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 potion | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 potion | cop |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 potion | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 potion | det |
| 6 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 potion | amod |
| 7 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 potion | compound |
| 8 | potion | potion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | like a proper magic potion | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
yeah it was like a proper magic potion, it smelled of flowers and healed him in seconds
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 potion | discourse |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 potion | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 potion | cop |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 potion | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 potion | det |
| 6 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 potion | amod |
| 7 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 potion | amod |
| 8 | potion | potion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 smelled | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 potion | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 smelled | nsubj |
| 11 | smelled | smell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 flowers | case |
| 13 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 smelled | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 healed | cc |
| 15 | healed | heal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 smelled | conj |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 healed | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 seconds | case |
| 18 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 healed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | like a proper magic potion | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | smell | past | a proper magic potion | of flowers | vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of flower=Theme | ||||
| 3 | heal | past | a proper magic potion not said here | him = he | second | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
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