Test 5 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shepherd of Myddvai: the lake-maid…
Why'd she start bawling at the wedding, like?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: she · What happens: start, bawl · To what, where: wedding
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 start | advmod |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 start | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 start | nsubj |
| 4 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | bawling | bawl | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 start | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 wedding | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wedding | det |
| 8 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bawling | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 like | punct |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 bawling | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 start | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | would | she | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | bawl speech: other | gerund | she not said here | the wedding | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Cos trouble's coming, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | X | _ | 2 trouble | compound |
| 2 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 coming | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 coming | aux |
| 4 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 mate | punct |
| 6 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 coming | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present · progressive | Cos trouble | mate vocative | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Cos she saw the bloke in the box and knew trouble was coming, bruv, proper
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bloke | det |
| 5 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 box | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 box | det |
| 8 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 knew | cc |
| 10 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 saw | conj |
| 11 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 knew | obj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 coming | aux |
| 13 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 trouble | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 bruv | punct |
| 15 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 trouble | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 proper | punct |
| 17 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 saw | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Cos | the bloke | the box | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bloke=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | know | past | Cos not said here | trouble and bruv | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer trouble=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | come | past · progressive | Cos not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Cos the dead's gone, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 5 gone | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dead | det |
| 3 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 gone | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 gone | cop |
| 5 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 mate | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 gone | punct |
| 7 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the dead | gone property | tree rules |
Option 4
Cos she knew the trouble was coming, like, for the whole village, mate
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 3 knew | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 trouble | det |
| 5 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 coming | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 coming | aux |
| 7 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 knew | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 like | punct |
| 9 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 3 knew | discourse |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 village | punct |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 village | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 village | det |
| 13 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 village | amod |
| 14 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knew | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 mate | punct |
| 16 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 village | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | she | for the whole village | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | come | past · progressive | the trouble | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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