Test 8 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the w…

Yo, so what did Donald show them in the lake?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Donald · What happens: show · To what, where: them, lake

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	7 show	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 show	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 show	obj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 show	aux
6	Donald	Donald	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 show	nsubj
7	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 show	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 lake	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lake	det
11	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 show	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past · do-support	Donald	them = they		the lake			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient they=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

Silver coins, like, lying at the bottom of the lake for ages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 coins	compound
2	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lying	punct
4	like	like	SCONJ	_	6 lying	mark
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lying	punct
6	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 coins	acl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 bottom	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bottom	det
9	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lying	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 lake	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lake	det
12	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bottom	nmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 ages	case
14	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund	Silver coins not said here			the bottom of the lake	for ages		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at bottom=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

White clouds, like, reflected in the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 clouds	amod
2	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 like	punct
4	like	like	INTJ	_	2 clouds	discourse
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 reflected	punct
6	reflected	reflect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 clouds	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reflected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	participle		White clouds not said here		the water			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Gold coins, like, glittering in the lake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 coins	compound
2	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 glittering	punct
4	like	like	SCONJ	_	6 glittering	mark
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 glittering	punct
6	glittering	glitter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 coins	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 lake	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lake	det
9	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 glittering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glitter	gerund	Gold coins not said here			the lake			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lake=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

White clouds, like, reflected in the water, which the brothers thought was the cattle

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 clouds	amod
2	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 thought	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 like	punct
4	like	like	INTJ	_	2 clouds	discourse
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 reflected	punct
6	reflected	reflect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 clouds	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reflected	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 brothers	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 brothers	nsubj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 brothers	det
13	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 water	conj
14	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 cattle	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cattle	det
17	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	reflect	participle		White clouds not said here	the water and the brothers	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	brother		the water and the brothers			tree rules
3	think speech: other	past	White clouds			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	past		the cattle		tree rules

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