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

lol the muleteers were like "don't be mad, bro"

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: muleteers · What happens: not be

This is test 5 · ★ 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	10 mad	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 muleteers	det
3	muleteers	muleteer	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 mad	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 mad	cop
5	like	like	SCONJ	_	10 mad	mark
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 mad	punct
7	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 mad	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 mad	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 mad	cop
10	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bro	punct
12	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mad	vocative
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 bro	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is in a quote	past · do-support	the muleteers					bro vocative; mad property	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

yep, they said don't waste your life, bro

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 waste	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 waste	advmod
7	waste	waste	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 life	nmod:poss
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waste	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bro	punct
11	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 life	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not waste	infinitive · do-support		your life and bro					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yep, they begged him not to throw his life away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 begged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	nsubj
4	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	obj
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 throw	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 throw	mark
8	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 begged	xcomp
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 life	nmod:poss
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 throw	obj
11	away	away	ADV	_	8 throw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	they		him = he				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	not throw away not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	his life				away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme

Option 3

yeah, they begged him to stay alive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 begged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 begged	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	nsubj
4	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stay	mark
7	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 begged	xcomp
8	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stay	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	they		him = he				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here					alive property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

nah, they just laughed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 laughed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 laughed	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 laughed	advmod
5	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	they						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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