Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Winning of Olwen, part 1: a queen'…

So he sees this briar on the grave and goes, "Right, time I got wed," yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, I · What happens: see, go, get · To what, where: briar, grave · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1337 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Winning of Olwen, part 1: a queen's grave, a forgetful king, and a prophecy about Olwen» 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	_	3 sees	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sees	nsubj
3	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 briar	det
5	briar	briar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sees	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 grave	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grave	det
8	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sees	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 goes	cc
10	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sees	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 got	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 got	punct
13	Right	right	INTJ	_	17 got	discourse
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 time	punct
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 got	obl
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 got	nsubj
17	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 goes	parataxis
18	wed	wed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 got	xcomp
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 got	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 goes	punct
21	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	10 goes	discourse
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 sees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	he	this briar	the grave			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer briar=Stimulus
2	go	present	he not said here					vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get in a quote	past	I			time	wed property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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, he sits about for ages and then grabs the first woman he sees

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 sits	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sits	nsubj
4	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADV	_	4 sits	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 ages	case
7	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sits	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 grabs	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 grabs	advmod
10	grabs	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sits	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 woman	det
12	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 woman	amod
13	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grabs	obj
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sees	nsubj
15	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 woman	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	sit about	present	he		for ages	about property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	grab	present	he not said here	the first woman	then		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme
3	see	present	he	the first woman not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus

Option 2

He sends for a bride, dunno

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sends	nsubj
2	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 bride	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bride	det
5	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sends	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dunno	punct
7	dunno	dunno	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bride	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	present	He					for a bride and dunno	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He calls for a wife, yeah

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 calls	nsubj
2	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 wife	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wife	det
5	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calls	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wife	punct
7	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	2 calls	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	He					for a wife	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for wife=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He does, straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 does	punct
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 does	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	He					away property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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