Test 1 · ★ · Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tr…
yo did Naois really chuck a dice through the hole and pop Gelban's eye out?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Naois · What happens: chuck out · To what, where: dice, hole
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1996 «Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tricks fail and the three brothers die» 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 | _ | 5 chuck | discourse |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 chuck | aux |
| 3 | Naois | Naois | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 chuck | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 chuck | advmod |
| 5 | chuck | chuck | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dice | det |
| 7 | dice | dice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chuck | obj |
| 8 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 hole | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 hole | det |
| 10 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chuck | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 pop | cc |
| 12 | pop | pop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hole | conj |
| 13 | Gelban | Gelban | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 eye | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 Gelban | case |
| 15 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hole | nmod |
| 16 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 chuck | compound:prt |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 chuck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuck out | past · do-support | Naois | a dice | the hole Gelban's eye and pop | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent dice=Theme through hole=Destination |
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
Yeah, straight through the back of his head, dead savage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 back | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 back | punct |
| 3 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 6 back | advmod |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 back | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 back | det |
| 6 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 head | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 head | nmod:poss |
| 9 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 back | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 savage | punct |
| 11 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 savage | amod |
| 12 | savage | savage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 back | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Nah, the die bounced off his nose and he ran off crying to the king about it all
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 bounced | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 die | det |
| 4 | die | die | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bounced | nsubj |
| 5 | bounced | bounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 bounced | compound:prt |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 nose | nmod:poss |
| 8 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bounced | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 ran | cc |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 ran | nsubj |
| 11 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 bounced | conj |
| 12 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 ran | compound:prt |
| 13 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 ran | advcl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 king | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 king | det |
| 16 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 crying | obl |
| 17 | about | about | ADP | _ | 18 it | case |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 king | nmod |
| 19 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 it | det |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bounce off | past | the die | die's nose | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Agent | ||||
| 2 | run off | past | die | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | cry speech: express | gerund | die not said here | the king about nose | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient |
Option 3
Yeah, straight through the front, lads, kinda gross
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 front | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 front | punct |
| 3 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 6 front | advmod |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 front | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 front | det |
| 6 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 lads | punct |
| 8 | lads | lad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 front | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 kinda | punct |
| 10 | kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 8 lads | advmod |
| 11 | gross | gross | PUNCT | _ | 6 front | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Nah, it hit his shoulder, not his eye, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 hit | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hit | nsubj |
| 4 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 shoulder | nmod:poss |
| 6 | shoulder | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hit | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 eye | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 eye | advmod |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 eye | nmod:poss |
| 10 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hit | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mate | punct |
| 12 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 eye | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | past | it | his shoulder | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent shoulder=Patient eye=Result |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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