Test 2 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the w…
Bro, wasn't Donald proper gutted when the brothers nicked his scales?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Donald, brothers · What happens: not be, gut, nick · To what, where: Donald, scales
This is test 2 · ★ 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 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Donald | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bro | punct |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 Donald | cop |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 Donald | advmod |
| 5 | Donald | Donald | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 gutted | nsubj |
| 6 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 7 gutted | advmod |
| 7 | gutted | gut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 nicked | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 brothers | det |
| 10 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 nicked | nsubj |
| 11 | nicked | nick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 gutted | advcl |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 scales | nmod:poss |
| 13 | scales | scale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 nicked | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 gutted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | past | Donald | Bro vocative | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | gut | past | Donald | properly property | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | nick | past | the brothers | Donald's scales | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scale=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 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he got them back by paying them in gold coins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| 7 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 8 paying | mark |
| 8 | paying | pay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 got | advcl |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 paying | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 coins | case |
| 11 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 coins | compound |
| 12 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 paying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get back | past | he | them = they | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | pay | gerund | he not said here | them = they | gold coins | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset |
Option 2
Yeah, he got them back by fighting them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| 7 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 8 fighting | mark |
| 8 | fighting | fight | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 got | advcl |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fighting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get back | past | he | them = they | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | fight | gerund | he not said here | them = they | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent |
Option 3
Yeah, he was well upset, but he got them back by tricking them good and proper
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 upset | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 upset | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 upset | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 upset | cop |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 upset | advmod |
| 6 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 got | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 got | cc |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 got | nsubj |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 upset | conj |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 got | obj |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 10 got | advmod |
| 13 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 14 tricking | mark |
| 14 | tricking | trick | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 got | advcl |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 tricking | obj |
| 16 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 tricking | xcomp |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 proper | cc |
| 18 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 upset | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | upset, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get back | past | he | them = they | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | trick | gerund | he not said here | them = they | good property | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | |||
| 4 | be | he not said here | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, but he got them back by tricking them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 got | cc |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | obj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| 8 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 9 tricking | mark |
| 9 | tricking | trick | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 got | advcl |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 tricking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get back | past | he | them = they | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | trick | gerund | he not said here | them = they | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
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