Test 11 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 9: Conall tell…

Did the king believe Conall's first story, fam?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: believe · To what, where: first story

This is test 11 · ★ 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	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 king	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 believe	nsubj
4	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Conall	Conall	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 story	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Conall	case
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 story	amod
8	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 believe	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fam	punct
10	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 story	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 believe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	present	the king	Conall's first story and fam					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus

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

He said Conall's story was fine, so he gave him a horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Conall	Conall	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 story	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Conall	case
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fine	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gave	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 gave	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gave	nsubj
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gave	iobj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 horse	det
14	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Conall's story			fine property	tree rules
3	give	past	Conall	a horse	him = he		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient horse=Theme

Option 2

He believed it all, fam, sure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 believed	obj
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 it	det
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fam	punct
6	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 believed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sure	punct
8	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fam	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	past	He	it				fam obl	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He said Conall was full of words and wanted another tale

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Conall	Conall	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 full	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 full	cop
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	ccomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 words	case
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 full	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wanted	cc
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	11 tale	det
11	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Conall		of words; full property	tree rules
3	want	past	He not said here	another tale		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tale=Theme

Option 4

He called him a liar, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 liar	det
5	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bruv	punct
7	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 liar	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	He		him = he				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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