Test 1 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the w…

Oi, did you clock Hudden and Dudden flogging hides at the fair, like "weight in gold", lol?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oi, clock · What happens: do, hide · To what, where: you, fair

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1992 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the wrong man and chase clouds in the lake» 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	Oi	oi	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oi	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 did	obj
5	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hides	nsubj
6	Hudden	Hudden	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 clock	appos
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 flogging	cc
8	Dudden	dudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 flogging	amod
9	flogging	flogging	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 clock	conj
10	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 fair	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fair	det
13	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hides	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 weight	punct
15	like	like	ADP	_	17 weight	case
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 weight	punct
17	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fair	appos
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 gold	case
19	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 weight	nmod
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 weight	punct
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 lol	punct
22	lol	lol	INTJ	_	10 hides	discourse
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Oi	you					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality
2	hide	present	clock and Dudden flogging			the fair			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at fair=Location

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

Yeah, bare cheeky, they got battered by the cobbler

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 bare	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bare	punct
3	bare	bear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bare	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 battered	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 battered	nsubj:pass
7	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 battered	aux:pass
8	battered	batter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bare	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 cobbler	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cobbler	det
11	cobbler	cobbler	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 battered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	imperative	you not said here					cheeky property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	batter	past · passive	the cobbler	they					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2

Yeah, bare cheeky, they got robbed by the farmer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 bare	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bare	punct
3	bare	bear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bare	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 robbed	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 robbed	nsubj:pass
7	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 robbed	aux:pass
8	robbed	rob	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bare	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 farmer	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 farmer	det
11	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 robbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	imperative	you not said here					cheeky property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	rob	past · passive	the farmer	they					vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Source

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, they sold a few hides and then went to the tavern

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sold	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sold	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sold	nsubj
4	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hides	det
6	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hides	amod
7	hides	hide	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sold	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 went	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 went	advmod
10	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sold	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 tavern	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tavern	det
13	tavern	tavern	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	they	a few hides					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hide=Theme
2	go	past	they not said here			the tavern	then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to tavern=Initial_Location

Option 4

Nah, they never even got to the fair, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 got	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 got	advmod
5	even	even	ADV	_	6 got	advmod
6	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 fair	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fair	det
9	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mate	punct
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fair	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get	participle	they					to the fair and mate result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to fair=Result

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