Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok, part 5…
no cap, Houarn was so done with waiting for the pig price to drop
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cap · What happens: be, wait, drop
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 cap | det |
| 2 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 done | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 cap | punct |
| 4 | Houarn | Houarn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 cap | appos |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 done | cop |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 done | advmod |
| 7 | done | done | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 9 waiting | mark |
| 9 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 done | advcl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 price | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 price | det |
| 12 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 price | compound |
| 13 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 waiting | obl |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 drop | mark |
| 15 | drop | drop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 waiting | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | no cap | done property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wait | gerund | no cap not said here | for the pig price | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | drop | to-infinitive | no cap not said here | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
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 · ✓ the right answer
fr, he just bounced to seek his fortune
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bounced | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 fr | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bounced | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 bounced | advmod |
| 5 | bounced | bounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 seek | mark |
| 7 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 bounced | xcomp |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 fortune | nmod:poss |
| 9 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 seek | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bounce | past | he | fr | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | seek | to-infinitive | he not said here | his fortune | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme |
Option 2
fr, he dipped to chase the big money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dipped | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 fr | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dipped | nsubj |
| 4 | dipped | dip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 chase | mark |
| 6 | chase | chase | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 dipped | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 money | det |
| 8 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 money | amod |
| 9 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chase | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dip | past | he | fr | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | chase | to-infinitive | he not said here | the big money | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
Option 3
fr, he just bounced to seek his fortune after the pig price fell again
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bounced | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 fr | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bounced | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 bounced | advmod |
| 5 | bounced | bounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 seek | mark |
| 7 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 bounced | xcomp |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 fortune | nmod:poss |
| 9 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 seek | obj |
| 10 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 14 fell | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 price | det |
| 12 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 price | compound |
| 13 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fell | nsubj |
| 14 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 seek | advcl |
| 15 | again | again | ADV | _ | 14 fell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bounce | past | he | fr | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | seek | to-infinitive | he not said here | his fortune | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fall | past | the pig price | again | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
fr, he left to find his luck out there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 fr | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 left | nsubj |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 find | mark |
| 6 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 left | xcomp |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 luck | nmod:poss |
| 8 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 find | obj |
| 9 | out | out | ADV | _ | 10 there | advmod |
| 10 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 find | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | he | fr | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | find | to-infinitive | fr not said here | his luck | there | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Topic |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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