Test 3 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the lady…

Be honest, was the washerwife's daughter a proper wash-girl?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: daughter

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1502 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the lady's wanderings and the Red Etin's beginning: the lady wins the knight back and the Red Etin's tale starts» 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	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 honest	cop
2	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 daughter	csubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 honest	punct
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 daughter	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 washerwife	det
6	washerwife	washerwife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 daughter	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 washerwife	case
8	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 girl	det
10	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 girl	amod
11	wash	wash	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 girl	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 wash	punct
13	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 daughter	appos
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 daughter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive						honest property	tree rules
2	is a	past		the washerwife's daughter					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 · ✓ the right answer

Naw, she couldnae get the stains oot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 get	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Naw	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 get	nsubj
4	couldnae	couldnae	X	Foreign=Yes	5 get	dep
5	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stains	det
7	stains	stain	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 get	obj
8	oot	oot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	infinitive	Naw	the stains					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent stain=Beneficiary oot=Theme

Option 2

Aye, she washed them well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	4 washed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 washed	nsubj
4	washed	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 washed	obj
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 washed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	past	she	them = they				well property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

Naw, she was a dirty lassie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lassie	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lassie	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lassie	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lassie	det
6	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lassie	amod
7	lassie	lassie	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Naw	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Naw	a dirty lassie					tree rules

Option 4

Naw, she was a lady frae the glen wha'd never wash a shirt in her life, honest

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 frae	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Naw	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 frae	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 frae	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 frae	det
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 frae	compound
7	frae	frae	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wha	det
9	glen	glen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wha	compound
10	wha	wha	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wash	nsubj
11	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 wash	aux
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 wash	advmod
13	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 frae	acl:relcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 shirt	det
15	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wash	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 life	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 life	nmod:poss
18	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wash	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 honest	punct
20	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 frae	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	Naw	a lady frae		tree rules
2	not wash	would	the glen wha	a shirt	wha's life	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Patient
3	be		Naw not said here			tree rules

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