Test 14 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden: a fairy m…

Last q, what did Connla's dad say was the wildest bit?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Last q · What happens: do, say, be · To what, where: dad, wildest bit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1983 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden: a fairy maiden calls Connla away over the sea» 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	Last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 q	amod
2	q	Q	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 say	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 q	acl:relcl
6	Connla	Connla	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 dad	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Connla	case
8	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
9	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 bit	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bit	det
12	wildest	wild	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 bit	amod
13	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 say	ccomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	Last q	Connla's dad	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present	Last q		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past		the wildest bit	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

a light when they saw the maiden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 light	det
2	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saw	nsubj
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 saw	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 saw	nsubj
5	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 maiden	det
7	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	a light	the maiden					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer maiden=Stimulus

Option 2

a voice singing sweet music when they saw no one at all on the hill

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 voice	det
2	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saw	nsubj
3	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 voice	acl
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 music	amod
5	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 singing	obj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 saw	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 saw	nsubj
8	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 one	det
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saw	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 one	nmod
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 hill	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hill	det
15	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	gerund	a voice not said here	sweet music					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location music=Theme
2	see	past	a voice	no one		all		on the hill	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

a voice speaking clearly to the king when they saw the empty sky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 voice	det
2	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 saw	nsubj
3	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 saw	advcl
4	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	3 speaking	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 speaking	obl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 saw	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 saw	nsubj
10	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sky	det
12	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sky	amod
13	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	gerund	a voice not said here					to the king; clearly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to king=Co-Agent
2	see	past	a voice	the empty sky					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sky=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

a voice when they saw no one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 voice	det
2	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saw	nsubj
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 saw	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 saw	nsubj
5	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 one	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	a voice	no one					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus

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