Test 2 · ★ · Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen,…

Whit did the wee thief dae when the witches turned intae a hare?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Whit, witches · What happens: do, turn · To what, where: wee thief

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Whit	whit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thief	det
4	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thief	amod
5	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
6	dae	dae	X	Foreign=Yes	5 thief	dep
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 turned	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 witches	det
9	witches	witch	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 turned	nsubj
10	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	advcl
11	intae	intae	ADP	_	13 hare	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 hare	det
13	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turned	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Whit	the wee thief					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Eventuality
2	turn	past	the witches					intae a hare	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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

He chased the hare roon the tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chased	nsubj
2	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 roon	det
4	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 roon	compound
5	roon	roon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chased	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tree	det
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chased	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past	He	the hare roon					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He kept his cool and didnae attack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	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	7 attack	nmod:poss
4	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 attack	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 didnae	cc
6	didnae	didnae	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cool	conj
7	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	He	his cool attack					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attack=Theme
2	attack		his = he						nom attack «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He kept his cool an' didnae attack, but hid in the tree an' waited

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	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 cool	nmod:poss
4	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kept	xcomp
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 attack	det
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 attack	punct
7	didnae	didnae	X	_	8 attack	compound
8	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 hid	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 hid	cc
11	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kept	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 tree	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tree	det
14	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hid	obl
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 waited	nsubj:pass
16	'	'	PUNCT	_	17 waited	punct
17	waited	wait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 hid	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	past	He	a didnae attack		cool property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attack=Theme
2	hide	past	He not said here		the tree		tree rules
3	wait	participle · passive		an			tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He panicked, dropped his bag o gold, an' ran hame tae his mammy doon the road

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 panicked	nsubj
2	panicked	panic	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dropped	punct
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 panicked	conj
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 bag	nmod:poss
6	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obj
7	o	of	ADP	Abbr=Yes	8 gold	case
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ran	punct
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ran	det
11	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 ran	punct
12	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 panicked	conj
13	hame	hame	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ran	obj
14	tae	tae	ADP	Foreign=Yes	16 mammy	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 mammy	nmod:poss
16	mammy	mammy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ran	obl
17	doon	doon	ADP	_	19 road	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 road	det
19	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	panic	past	He			vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	drop	past	He not said here	his bag	of gold	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bag=Theme of gold=Destination
3	run	past	He not said here	hame	tae his mammy; doon the road	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hame=Trajectory

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