Test 5 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the lady…

Pal, how did the damsel get the knight's attention?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Pal, knight · What happens: do, get, attend · To what, where: damsel, attention

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Pal	pal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Pal	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 damsel	det
6	damsel	damsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 knight	det
9	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attention	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 knight	case
11	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past		the damsel	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent damsel=Eventuality
2	get	present	Pal	the knight's attention	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer attention=Stimulus
3	attend		the knight		nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

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

She sent a letter to his castle each morning with a bird and a message

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 letter	det
4	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 castle	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 castle	nmod:poss
7	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 morning	det
9	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl:unmarked
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 bird	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bird	det
12	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 message	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 message	det
15	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bird	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	She	a letter		his castle	morning	with a bird and a message	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to castle=Destination

Option 2

She tapped the window and whistled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tapped	nsubj
2	tapped	tap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 window	det
4	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tapped	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 whistled	cc
6	whistled	whistle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 tapped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tap	past	She	the window					vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent window=Location
2	whistle	participle	She not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She sang him her song every night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sang	obj
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 song	nmod:poss
5	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 night	det
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	She	her song	him = he		night		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary song=Theme
2	sing		her = she						nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

She woke him wi' a jug o' water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 woke	nsubj
2	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 woke	obj
4	wi	wi	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 woke	obj
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	4 wi	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 jug	det
7	jug	jug	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 water	nmod:poss
8	o	of	ADP	Abbr=Yes	9 '	case
9	'	's	PART	_	7 jug	case
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 woke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	past	She	him = he					tree rules

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