Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tr…
how did the three brothers even get across the sea?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: three brothers · What happens: do, get · To what, where: sea
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 did | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 brothers | det |
| 4 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 brothers | nummod |
| 5 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 get | nsubj |
| 6 | even | even | ADV | _ | 7 get | advmod |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | parataxis |
| 8 | across | across | ADP | _ | 10 sea | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sea | det |
| 10 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 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 | get | present | the three brothers | the sea | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across sea=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 · ✓ the right answer
They tied up their clothes and walked through, Naois carrying Deirdre
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 tied | nsubj |
| 2 | tied | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 tied | compound:prt |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 5 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 2 tied | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 walked | cc |
| 7 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 tied | conj |
| 8 | through | through | ADV | _ | 7 walked | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Naois | punct |
| 10 | Naois | Naois | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 tied | obl |
| 11 | carrying | carry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 tied | advcl |
| 12 | Deirdre | Deirdre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 carrying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie up | past | They | their clothes | Naois obl | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | |||
| 2 | walk through | past | They not said here | through property | vn rehearse-26.8 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | carry | gerund | They not said here | Deirdre | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deirdre=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
They tied up their clothes on their heads and walked through the sea, with Naois carrying Deirdre on his back the whole way
The tree, 23 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 tied | nsubj |
| 2 | tied | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 tied | compound:prt |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 5 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 2 tied | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 heads | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 heads | nmod:poss |
| 8 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 tied | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 walked | cc |
| 10 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 tied | conj |
| 11 | through | through | ADP | _ | 13 sea | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sea | det |
| 13 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 walked | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 carrying | punct |
| 15 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 17 carrying | mark |
| 16 | Naois | Naois | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 carrying | nsubj |
| 17 | carrying | carry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 walked | advcl |
| 18 | Deirdre | Deirdre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 carrying | obj |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 back | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 back | nmod:poss |
| 21 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 carrying | obl |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 way | det |
| 23 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 way | amod |
| 24 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 carrying | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie up | past | They | their clothes | on clothes's heads | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient on head=Co-Patient | |||
| 2 | walk | past | They not said here | the sea | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through sea=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | carry | gerund | Naois | Deirdre | Naois's back | the whole way obl:unmarked | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deirdre=Theme |
Option 3
They waded across, Deirdre riding on Arden's back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 waded | nsubj |
| 2 | waded | wade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | across | across | ADV | _ | 2 waded | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Deirdre | punct |
| 5 | Deirdre | Deirdre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 waded | obl |
| 6 | riding | ride | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 waded | advcl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 back | case |
| 8 | Arden | Arden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 back | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Arden | case |
| 10 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 riding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wade | past | They | Deirdre | across property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | ride | gerund | They not said here | Arden's back | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
They made a bridge out of their spears, Naois carried Deirdre
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bridge | det |
| 4 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obj |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 spears | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 spears | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 spears | nmod:poss |
| 8 | spears | spear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 made | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 carried | punct |
| 10 | Naois | Naois | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 carried | nsubj |
| 11 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 made | parataxis |
| 12 | Deirdre | Deirdre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 carried | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | They | a bridge | their spears | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bridge=Product | |||
| 2 | carry | past | Naois | Deirdre | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deirdre=Theme |
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