Test 5 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 8: a theft fro…

What did the king say when he caught them, dead?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: do, say, catch · To what, where: them · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1989 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 8: a theft from the king's stable, then a tale of cats» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	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	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 caught	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 caught	nsubj
8	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 caught	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dead	punct
11	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 caught	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the king		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	catch	past	king	them = they	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 · ✓ the right answer

"Is it you that are here?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 here	punct
2	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 here	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 you	nsubj
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 here	nsubj
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 you	nmod:unmarked
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 here	cop
7	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 here	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 here	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	you					here property	tree rules

Option 2

Oh, is it you that are here, Conall, in my stable?

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	8 here	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oh	punct
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 here	cop
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 you	nsubj
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 here	nsubj
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 you	nmod:unmarked
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 here	cop
8	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Conall	punct
10	Conall	Conall	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 here	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 stable	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 stable	case
13	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 stable	nmod:poss
14	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Conall	appos
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 here	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	you					Conall obl; here property	tree rules

Option 3

Are you the thief here?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 here	cop
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 here	nsubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thief	det
4	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 here	obl:unmarked
5	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 here	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	you					the thief obl:unmarked; here property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Is it you that are here, Conall, with your sons hidden?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 here	cop
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 here	nsubj
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 here	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 here	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 here	cop
6	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Conall	punct
8	Conall	Conall	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 here	vocative
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sons	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 sons	case
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 sons	nmod:poss
12	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 here	parataxis
13	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 sons	acl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 here	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					Conall vocative; here property	tree rules
2	hide	participle		your sons not said here					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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