Test 11 · ★ · Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: the herb wakes Mary,…

And what did she say back?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: say back

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1987 «Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: the herb wakes Mary, and they wed» 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	5 say	cc
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say back speech: assert	past · do-support	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

I am well, Father.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 Father	nsubj
2	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 Father	cop
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 Father	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 well	punct
5	Father	Father	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 Father	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	I	Father				well property	tree rules

Option 2

I have slept a long time, Father, and I feel strange, thank you kindly.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 slept	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 slept	aux
3	slept	sleep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 time	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slept	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Father	punct
8	Father	Father	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 time	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 feel	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 feel	cc
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 feel	nsubj
12	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 slept	parataxis
13	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 feel	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 thank	punct
15	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 feel	parataxis
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 thank	obj
17	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	15 thank	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 slept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present · perfect	I		time		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	feel	present	I			strange property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	thank speech: thank	present		you		kindly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 3

I slept very long and dreamt of the sea, thank you.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 long	nsubj
2	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 long	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 long	advmod
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 dreamt	cc
6	dreamt	dreamt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 long	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dreamt	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 thank	punct
11	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 long	parataxis
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 thank	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 long	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	I					long property	tree rules
2	thank speech: thank	present			you				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

I slept, thank you.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 slept	nsubj
2	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thank	punct
4	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 slept	ccomp
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 thank	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	I						tree rules
2	thank speech: thank	present	I not said here		you				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

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