Test 11 · ★ · Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tr…
wait, what's a coracle anyway, a boat?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: boat, coracle
This is test 11 · ★ 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 coracle | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 coracle | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 coracle | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 coracle | det |
| 6 | coracle | coracle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wait | obl |
| 7 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 1 wait | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 boat | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 boat | det |
| 10 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wait | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | a boat | anyway property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | is a | present | a coracle | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, a little light boat made of skins or wicker
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 boat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 boat | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 boat | det |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 boat | amod |
| 5 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 boat | compound |
| 6 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 boat | acl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 skins | case |
| 9 | skins | skin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 made | obl |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 wicker | cc |
| 11 | wicker | wicker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 skins | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | a little light boat not said here | of skins or wicker | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Option 2
Yeah, a small boat of wood, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 boat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 boat | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 boat | det |
| 4 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 boat | amod |
| 5 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 wood | case |
| 7 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 boat | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mate | punct |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 boat | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Nah, a light horse made of skins or leather
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 horse | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 horse | det |
| 4 | light | light | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 horse | amod |
| 5 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 horse | acl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 skins | case |
| 8 | skins | skin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 made | obl |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 leather | cc |
| 10 | leather | leather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 skins | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | a light horse not said here | of skins or leather | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Option 4
Yeah, a big heavy ship made of iron planks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 ship | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 ship | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 ship | det |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ship | amod |
| 5 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ship | amod |
| 6 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 ship | acl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 planks | case |
| 9 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 planks | compound |
| 10 | planks | plank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | a big heavy ship not said here | of iron planks | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
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