Test 13 · ★ · Fairy Tales from Brittany, Houarn and the Groac'h, part 56…

Is Houarn still a frog by the end of this bit?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Houarn · What happens: be · To what, where: frog

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1331 «Fairy Tales from Brittany, Houarn and the Groac'h, part 56: Bellah dresses as a young man, rides a magic horse, and turns the fairy into a toad» 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	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 frog	cop
2	Houarn	Houarn	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 frog	nsubj
3	still	still	ADV	_	5 frog	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 frog	det
5	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 end	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 end	det
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 frog	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 bit	case
10	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 bit	det
11	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 end	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 frog	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Houarn	a frog			by the end of this bit; still		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

Yeah, he's still in the net, peeping through the holes while the tailors sew him a new suit of green velvet

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 net	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 net	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 net	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 net	cop
5	still	still	ADV	_	8 net	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 net	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 net	det
8	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 peeping	punct
10	peeping	peep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 net	conj
11	through	through	ADP	_	13 holes	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 holes	det
13	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 peeping	obl
14	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 sew	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tailors	det
16	tailors	tailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 sew	nsubj
17	sew	sew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 peeping	advcl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 sew	obj
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 suit	det
20	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 suit	amod
21	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sew	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 velvet	case
23	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 velvet	amod
24	velvet	velvet	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 suit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he			the net	still		tree rules
2	peep	gerund	he not said here					through the holes	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through hole=Theme
3	sew	present	the tailors	a new suit of green velvet	him = he				vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary suit=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he's still in the net, peeping through the holes and croaking at the Groac'h's poor husband

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 net	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 net	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 net	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 net	cop
5	still	still	ADV	_	8 net	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 net	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 net	det
8	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 peeping	punct
10	peeping	peep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 net	conj
11	through	through	ADP	_	13 holes	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 holes	det
13	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 peeping	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 croaking	cc
15	croaking	croak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 peeping	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	21 husband	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Groac'h	det
18	Groac'h	Groac'h	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 husband	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 Groac'h	case
20	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 husband	amod
21	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 croaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he	the net	still		tree rules
2	peep	gerund	he not said here			through the holes	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through hole=Theme
3	croak	gerund	he not said here			at the Groac'h's poor husband	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at husband=Stimulus

Option 3

Nah, he's out of the net, hopping about the pond

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 net	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 net	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 net	cop
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 net	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 net	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 net	det
8	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hopping	punct
10	hopping	hop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 net	advcl
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 pond	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pond	det
13	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hopping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he			the net			tree rules
2	hop	gerund	he not said here					about the pond	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about pond=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he's still in the net, peeping through the holes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 net	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 net	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 net	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 net	cop
5	still	still	ADV	_	8 net	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 net	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 net	det
8	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 peeping	punct
10	peeping	peep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 net	acl
11	through	through	ADP	_	13 holes	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 holes	det
13	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 peeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he			the net	still		tree rules
2	peep	gerund	the net not said here					through the holes	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through hole=Theme

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