Test 8 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Ir…

so what's she coming back in, a ride?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: she · What happens: come back · To what, where: ride

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1735 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Irishman frees the Princess but is pinned to sleep by the lad» 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	so	so	ADV	_	5 coming	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 coming	obj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 coming	aux
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 coming	nsubj
5	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 coming	advmod
7	in	in	ADV	_	5 coming	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ride	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 ride	det
10	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coming	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 coming	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come back	present · progressive	she	a ride					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=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

a big fancy carriage thing, pulled by four grey horses, proper showy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 thing	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
3	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
4	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thing	compound
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pulled	punct
7	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 thing	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 horses	case
9	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 horses	nummod
10	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 horses	amod
11	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pulled	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 showy	punct
13	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 showy	amod
14	showy	showy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	participle		a big fancy carriage thing not said here				by four grey horses	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

a carriage, four grey horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 carriage	det
2	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 horses	punct
4	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 horses	nummod
5	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 horses	amod
6	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carriage	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

a coach, two black ponies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 coach	det
2	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ponies	punct
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 ponies	nummod
5	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ponies	amod
6	ponies	pony	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 coach	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

a massive posh carriage with four proud grey horses pulling it along

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 carriage	det
2	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 carriage	amod
3	posh	posh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 carriage	amod
4	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 horses	case
6	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 horses	nummod
7	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 horses	amod
8	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 horses	amod
9	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carriage	nmod
10	pulling	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 horses	acl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 pulling	obj
12	along	along	ADV	_	10 pulling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	gerund	four proud grey horses not said here	carriage				along property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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