Test 7 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shepherd of Myddvai: the lake-maid…
Did those oxen just follow her while ploughing, mate?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: oxen · What happens: follow, plough · To what, where: her
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 follow | aux |
| 2 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 oxen | det |
| 3 | oxen | ox | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 follow | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 follow | advmod |
| 5 | follow | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 follow | obj |
| 7 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 8 ploughing | mark |
| 8 | ploughing | plough | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 follow | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mate | punct |
| 10 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ploughing | vocative |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 follow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | past · do-support | that oxen | her = she | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 2 | plough | gerund | that oxen not said here | mate vocative | vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP.agent 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
Yeah, they dragged the plough through the whole field, mate, and obeyed her every word
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 dragged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 dragged | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dragged | nsubj |
| 4 | dragged | drag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 obeyed | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 plough | det |
| 6 | plough | plough | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dragged | obj |
| 7 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 field | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 field | det |
| 9 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 field | amod |
| 10 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dragged | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mate | punct |
| 12 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 field | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 obeyed | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 obeyed | cc |
| 15 | obeyed | obey | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 obeyed | obj |
| 17 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 word | det |
| 18 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 obeyed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag | past | they | the plough | the whole field and mate | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plough=Theme | |||
| 2 | obey | past | her = she | tree rules |
Option 2
Yeah, they pulled it along, bruv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 pulled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 pulled | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pulled | nsubj |
| 4 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pulled | obj |
| 6 | along | along | ADV | _ | 4 pulled | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bruv | punct |
| 8 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pulled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | past | they | it | bruv obl; along property | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, they wouldn't plough at all, they just wandered off and stood about, bruv
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 plough | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 plough | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 plough | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 plough | advmod |
| 6 | plough | plough | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 plough | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 wandered | punct |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 wandered | nsubj |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 wandered | advmod |
| 12 | wandered | wander | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 plough | parataxis |
| 13 | off | off | ADP | _ | 12 wandered | compound:prt |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 stood | cc |
| 15 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 wandered | conj |
| 16 | about | about | ADV | _ | 15 stood | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 bruv | punct |
| 18 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 plough | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not plough | would | they | all | vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | wander off | past | they | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | stand | past | they not said here | about property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, they dragged the plough too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 dragged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 dragged | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dragged | nsubj |
| 4 | dragged | drag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 plough | det |
| 6 | plough | plough | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dragged | obj |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 dragged | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag | past | they | the plough | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plough=Theme |
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