Test 8 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Winning of Olwen, part 1: a queen'…

Why'd he go red in the face when his dad asked him stuff?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, dad · What happens: go, ask · To what, where: face, stuff, him

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 go	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 go	nsubj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 go	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 face	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 face	det
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 asked	advmod
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 dad	nmod:poss
11	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 asked	nsubj
12	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 go	advcl
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 asked	iobj
14	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 asked	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	would	he			the face		red property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in face=Location
2	ask speech: ask	past	his dad	stuff	him = he				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

He'd been told to do something by his nurse and forgot all about it

The tree, 15 words

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	4 told	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 told	aux:pass
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 do	mark
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 do	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 nurse	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 nurse	nmod:poss
10	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 forgot	cc
12	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	conj
13	all	all	ADV	_	12 forgot	advmod
14	about	about	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 forgot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		He		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	something	by his nurse	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
3	forget	past			about nurse; all property	tree rules

Option 2

He'd lost his mate's sword

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	3 lost	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mate	nmod:poss
5	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sword	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 mate	case
7	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · perfect	He	his mate's sword					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Eventuality

Option 3

His dad had just found out he'd been nicking off to the hills all day

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dad	nmod:poss
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 found	aux
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 found	advmod
5	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 found	compound:prt
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 nicking	nsubj
8	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 nicking	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 nicking	aux
10	nicking	nick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 found	parataxis
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 nicking	compound:prt
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 hills	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hills	det
14	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 nicking	obl
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 nicking	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find out	past · perfect · passive		His dad					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	nick off	past · perfect · progressive	he				day	to the hills	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He'd forgotten something he was told to do

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	3 forgotten	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forgotten	aux
3	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 forgotten	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 told	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 told	aux:pass
7	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 something	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 do	mark
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 told	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	forget	past · perfect	He	something	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	past · passive		he	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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