Test 1 · ★ · Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen,…

Ye reckon the knight's wee steed wis dead quiet, eh?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ye, wee steed · What happens: reckon, quiet

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1517 «Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen, part 14: the thieves are caught, and the Black Thief tells two tales to save his neck» 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	Ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	2 reckon	nsubj
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 knight	det
4	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 quiet	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 knight	case
6	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 steed	amod
7	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 quiet	nsubj
8	wis	wis	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 quiet	amod
9	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 quiet	amod
10	quiet	quiet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reckon	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 eh	punct
12	eh	eh	INTJ	_	2 reckon	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reckon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Ye						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	quiet		wee steed						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

Naw, it neighed like mad an' shook the bells so the whole palace woke up

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 neighed	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Naw	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 neighed	nsubj
4	neighed	neigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 mad	case
6	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 neighed	obl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 shook	obl
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 an	punct
9	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 neighed	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bells	det
11	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 shook	obj
12	so	so	SCONJ	_	16 woke	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 palace	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 palace	amod
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 woke	nsubj
16	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 shook	advcl
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 woke	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	neigh	past	Naw		like mad	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	shake	past	Naw not said here	an		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bell=Patient
3	wake up	past	the whole palace			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Naw, it stood still an' didnae move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 stood	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Naw	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stood	nsubj
4	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	still	still	ADV	_	4 stood	advmod
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 move	det
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	9 move	punct
8	didnae	didnae	X	_	9 move	compound
9	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	Naw	a didnae move			still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Naw, it neighed like mad and shook the bells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 neighed	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Naw	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 neighed	nsubj
4	neighed	neigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 mad	case
6	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 neighed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 shook	cc
8	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 neighed	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bells	det
10	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 shook	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	neigh	past	Naw					like mad	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	shake	past	Naw not said here	the bells					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bell=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Aye, it cried a wee bit an' stopped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	4 cried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cried	nsubj
4	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bit	det
6	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bit	amod
7	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cried	obl
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 stopped	nsubj:pass
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	10 stopped	punct
10	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 bit	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	it	a wee bit					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stop	participle · passive	a wee bit not said here	an					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

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