Test 10 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary,…

So poor Daisy only had a bit of grass that day?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: poor Daisy · What happens: have · To what, where: bit

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1991 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary, part 1: Conall ends his tale, and two greedy farmers kill a poor man's cow» 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 had	advmod
2	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Daisy	amod
3	Daisy	Daisy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 had	advmod
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bit	det
7	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 grass	case
9	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bit	nmod
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obl:unmarked
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	poor Daisy	a bit of grass			day		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient

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

Yeah, she had a tiny patch of grass that was not even enough to cover the palm of your hand

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 patch	det
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 patch	amod
7	patch	patch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 grass	case
9	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 patch	nmod
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 cover	obj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 cover	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 enough	advmod
13	even	even	ADV	_	14 enough	advmod
14	enough	enough	ADV	_	16 cover	advmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 cover	mark
16	cover	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 patch	acl:relcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 palm	det
18	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cover	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 hand	case
20	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 hand	nmod:poss
21	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 palm	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	she	a tiny patch of grass					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patch=Patient
2	is	past	she not said here	a tiny patch of grass not said here				cover, enough property	tree rules

Option 2

Yeah, only a small patch of grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 patch	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 patch	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 patch	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 patch	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 patch	amod
6	patch	patch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 grass	case
8	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 patch	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, poor thing, she was only given a little bit of grass that day which was barely enough to feed her

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	9 given	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thing	punct
3	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thing	amod
4	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Yeah	appos
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 given	punct
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 given	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 given	aux:pass
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 given	advmod
9	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bit	det
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bit	amod
12	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 given	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 grass	case
14	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bit	nmod
15	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 given	obl:unmarked
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 feed	obj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 feed	cop
19	barely	barely	ADV	_	20 enough	advmod
20	enough	enough	ADV	_	22 feed	advmod
21	to	to	PART	_	22 feed	mark
22	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 day	acl:relcl
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		she			day		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient bit=Theme
2	is	past						enough, feed property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, not even enough to cover your hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 enough	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 enough	punct
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 enough	advmod
4	even	even	ADV	_	5 enough	advmod
5	enough	enough	ADV	_	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cover	mark
7	cover	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 enough	advcl
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hand	nmod:poss
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cover	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	to-infinitive		your hand					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hand=Destination

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