Test 7 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the lady…

Did the lady's pal, the bull, look after her all the way?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, look · To what, where: pal, way

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lady	det
3	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pal	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 lady	case
5	pal	pal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bull	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bull	det
8	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pal	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 look	punct
10	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 pal	parataxis
11	after	after	ADP	_	12 her	case
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 look	obl
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 way	det:predet
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 way	det
15	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 look	obl:unmarked
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the lady's pal and the bull					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	look	infinitive		all way			after her = she		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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

Naw, he left her at the first castle and went hame tae his mither

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 left	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Naw	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 castle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 castle	det
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 castle	amod
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 went	cc
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	conj
12	hame	hame	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obj
13	tae	tae	ADP	Foreign=Yes	15 mither	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mither	nmod:poss
15	mither	mither	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	Naw	her = she		the first castle			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme at castle=Location
2	go	past	Naw not said here	hame				tae Naw's mither	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hame=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Aye, he carried her everywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	4 carried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 carried	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 carried	nsubj
4	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 carried	obj
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 carried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	he	her = she				everywhere property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3

Aye, he walked beside her aw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	4 walked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 walked	nsubj
4	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	beside	beside	ADP	_	7 aw	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 aw	nmod:poss
7	aw	aw	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	he			her aw			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside aw=Trajectory

Option 4

Naw, he ran away fae her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ran	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Naw	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 ran	advmod
6	fae	fae	X	Foreign=Yes	4 ran	dep
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past	Naw	her = she				away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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