Test 5 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the w…

Mate, what was Donald shouting at the inn, the whole thing?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Donald · What happens: shout · To what, where: Mate, inn

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 shouting	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 shouting	obj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shouting	aux
5	Donald	Donald	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 shouting	nsubj
6	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Mate	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 inn	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 inn	det
9	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shouting	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 thing	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 thing	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thing	amod
13	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 inn	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past · progressive	Donald	Mate		the inn and the whole thing			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

I want her, I say, bring her now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 want	nsubj
2	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 say	advcl
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 want	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 want	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bring	punct
8	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 say	ccomp
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bring	obj
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 bring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	want	present	I	her = she			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	I				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	bring	infinitive			her = she	now	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He was shouting for his cows, innit

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	3 shouting	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shouting	aux
3	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 cows	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cows	nmod:poss
6	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shouting	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 innit	punct
8	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cows	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past · progressive	He					for his cows and innit	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for cow=Recipient

Option 3

Nah, he was just singing a tune

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 singing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 singing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 singing	aux
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 singing	advmod
6	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tune	det
8	tune	tune	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 singing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past · progressive	he	a tune					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tune=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

I won't have her, I tell you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 have	nsubj
2	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 have	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 tell	nsubj
8	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 have	parataxis
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 tell	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	future	I	her = she					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	present	I		you				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

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