Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Winning of Olwen, part 1: a queen'…

What'd his dad say about getting Olwen, then?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: say, get · To what, where: Olwen · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 'd	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 'd	ccomp
6	about	about	SCONJ	_	7 getting	mark
7	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 say	ccomp
8	Olwen	Olwen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 getting	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Olwen	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 getting	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 'd	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	his dad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	gerund		Olwen			then		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer olwen=Stimulus

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

That's dead simple, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 simple	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 simple	cop
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 simple	amod
4	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bruv	punct
6	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 simple	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That					bruv vocative; simple property	tree rules

Option 2

Sorted, easy peasy, once you've done all the tasks he sets you

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 sets	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 peasy	punct
3	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 peasy	amod
4	peasy	peasy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sorted	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 done	punct
6	once	once	SCONJ	_	9 done	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 done	nsubj
8	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 done	aux
9	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Sorted	conj
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 tasks	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tasks	det
12	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 done	obj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sets	nsubj
14	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 sets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sort	participle	he not said here	easy peasy	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	do	present · perfect	you	all tasks	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality
3	set	present	he	you	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient you=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That's easily sorted, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 sorted	nsubj:pass
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sorted	aux
3	easily	easily	ADV	_	4 sorted	advmod
4	sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mate	punct
6	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sorted	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort	present · passive		That				mate vocative; easily property	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

That's easily sorted if you do exactly what the giant asks, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 sorted	nsubj:pass
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sorted	aux
3	easily	easily	ADV	_	4 sorted	advmod
4	sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 do	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sorted	advcl
8	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	9 what	advmod
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 asks	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 giant	det
11	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 asks	nsubj
12	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 do	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mate	punct
14	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sorted	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sort	present · passive		That	mate vocative; easily property	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	do a condition, not said to happen	present	you			tree rules
3	ask speech: ask	present	the giant			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

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