Test 13 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shepherd of Myddvai: the lake-maid…
Did he actually think the blows could never be causeless, mate?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: he, blows · What happens: do, think, not be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1993 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shepherd of Myddvai: the lake-maiden leaves after three blows» 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 | Did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 think | nsubj |
| 3 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 4 think | advmod |
| 4 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Did | parataxis |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 blows | det |
| 6 | blows | blow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 causeless | nsubj |
| 7 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 causeless | aux |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 causeless | advmod |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 causeless | cop |
| 10 | causeless | causeless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 think | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mate | punct |
| 12 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 causeless | vocative |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | he | actually property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | not is | could | the blows | mate vocative; causeless property | tree rules |
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
Nah, mate, he knew all along that blows could happen, and he just didn't care
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 knew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nah | vocative |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 knew | nsubj |
| 6 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 knew | advmod |
| 8 | along | along | ADP | _ | 12 happen | mark |
| 9 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 blows | det |
| 10 | blows | blow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 happen | nsubj |
| 11 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 happen | aux |
| 12 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 knew | advcl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 care | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 care | cc |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 care | nsubj |
| 16 | just | just | ADV | _ | 19 care | advmod |
| 17 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 care | aux |
| 18 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 care | advmod |
| 19 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 knew | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | he | all property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | happen | could | that blows | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not care | past · do-support | he | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he thought it could never happen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 thought | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 happen | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 happen | aux |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 happen | advmod |
| 8 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | he | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not happen | could | it | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yeah, he reckoned it never would
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 reckoned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 reckoned | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reckoned | nsubj |
| 4 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 would | advcl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reckoned | obj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 would | advmod |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | he | it | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Attribute |
Option 4
Yeah, he thought it could never happen, mate, cos he was dead sure of it
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 thought | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 happen | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 happen | aux |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 happen | advmod |
| 8 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 thought | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mate | punct |
| 10 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 happen | vocative |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 sure | punct |
| 12 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 16 sure | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 sure | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 sure | cop |
| 15 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 sure | amod |
| 16 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thought | conj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 it | case |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 sure | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | he | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not happen | could | it | mate vocative | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | past | he | of mate; sure property | tree rules |
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