Test 1 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 9: Conall tell…

Did the cats really break the tree roots or was that just the priest's dream, mate?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cats · What happens: do, break, be · To what, where: tree roots, dream

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1990 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 9: Conall tells the king of a tree-breaking cat fight, then of a giant's cave and a stolen ring, and ends stranded on an island» 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cats	det
3	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 break	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 break	advmod
5	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 roots	det
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 roots	compound
8	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 break	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 dream	cc
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 dream	cop
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 dream	mark
12	just	just	ADV	_	14 priest	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 priest	det
14	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 dream	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 priest	case
16	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 roots	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 mate	punct
18	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 dream	vocative
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past				tree rules
2	break	present	the cats	the tree roots		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer root=Patient
3	is a	past		the priest's dream	mate vocative	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

They just sat there, aye, and the lads stayed home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sat	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 sat	advmod
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 sat	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 aye	punct
6	aye	aye	INTJ	_	3 sat	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stayed	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stayed	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lads	det
10	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 stayed	nsubj
11	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sat	conj
12	home	home	ADV	_	11 stayed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	They			there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay	past	the lads					home property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Nah, the cats were all asleep in the tree, mate, and the lads sat down

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 asleep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cats	det
4	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 asleep	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 asleep	cop
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 asleep	advmod
7	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 tree	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tree	det
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asleep	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mate	punct
12	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tree	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sat	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 sat	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 lads	det
16	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 sat	nsubj
17	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 asleep	conj
18	down	down	ADP	_	17 sat	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the cats			the tree and mate		all, asleep property	tree rules
2	sit down	past	the lads						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Nah, it was a dream, but the lads chased them off anyway with sticks and spades

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 dream	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dream	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dream	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dream	det
6	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 chased	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 chased	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lads	det
10	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 chased	nsubj
11	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dream	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 chased	obj
13	off	off	ADP	_	11 chased	compound:prt
14	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	11 chased	advmod
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 sticks	case
16	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 chased	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 spades	cc
18	spades	spade	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 sticks	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a dream					tree rules
2	chase off	past	the lads	them = they				with sticks and spades; anyway property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They broke the roots, aye, and the lads whacked them with spades

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 broke	nsubj
2	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 roots	det
4	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 broke	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 aye	punct
6	aye	aye	INTJ	_	2 broke	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 whacked	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 whacked	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lads	det
10	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 whacked	nsubj
11	whacked	whack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 broke	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 whacked	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 spades	case
14	spades	spade	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 whacked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	They	the roots					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer root=Patient
2	whack	past	the lads	roots = root				with spades	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with spade=Instrument

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