Test 11 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok, part 5…

so Bellah's stick could carry her to him anytime?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stick · What happens: carry · To what, where: Bellah, him

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1330 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok, part 55: Houarn leaves Bellah and is lured to the Groac'h's shell palace» 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	so	so	ADV	_	6 carry	advmod
2	Bellah	Bellah	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 stick	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Bellah	case
4	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carry	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 carry	aux
6	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 carry	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 carry	obl
10	anytime	anytime	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 carry	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 carry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	could	Bellah's stick	Bellah	him = he			anytime property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to 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 · ← Mova's choice

nah, it's just wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 wood	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wood	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wood	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 wood	advmod
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	wood					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yep, she could fly to him if he needed her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 fly	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fly	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fly	aux
5	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fly	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 needed	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 needed	nsubj
10	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fly	advcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 needed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	could	she		him = he				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result
2	need a condition, not said to happen	past	he	her = she					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme

Option 3

yeah, she flies to him when he calls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 flies	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 flies	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flies	nsubj
4	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flies	obl
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 calls	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 calls	nsubj
9	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 flies	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	she		him = he				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result
2	call	present	he						vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

yep, she could ride to him if needed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 ride	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ride	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 ride	aux
5	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ride	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 needed	mark
9	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ride	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	could	she		him = he				vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to he=Trajectory
2	need a condition, not said to happen	participle	she not said here						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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