Test 5 · ★ · Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tr…

why's Deirdre crying at the end, like proper gutted?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Deirdre · What happens: cry, gut · To what, where: end

This is test 5 · ★ 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 crying	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 crying	aux
3	Deirdre	Deirdre	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 crying	nsubj
4	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 end	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crying	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gutted	punct
9	like	like	SCONJ	_	11 gutted	mark
10	proper	properly	ADV	_	11 gutted	advmod
11	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 crying	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 crying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	present · progressive	Deirdre				at the end		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Location
2	gut	participle	Deirdre not said here					properly property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: 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

Cos Naois ran off with someone else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	Cos	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
2	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Cos	flat
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 ran	compound:prt
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 someone	case
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 ran	obl
7	else	else	ADV	_	6 someone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	Cos					with someone	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with someone=Material

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Cos Naois and his brothers are dead, lost it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	Cos	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 lost	nsubj
2	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Cos	flat
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dead	cc
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 brothers	nmod:poss
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dead	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dead	cop
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cos	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Cos	punct
9	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cos's brothers					dead property	tree rules
2	lose	past	Cos	it					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3

Cos Connachar's got her locked up now, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	Cos	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
2	Connachar	Connachar	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Cos	flat
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 got	aux
4	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 locked	nmod:poss
6	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 got	xcomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 locked	compound:prt
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 locked	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bruv	punct
10	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · passive	Cos	bruv					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	lock up	participle	bruv not said here				now		vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Cos the king sent her back to Alba and she misses her family so much

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 sent	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	nsubj
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	4 sent	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Alba	case
8	Alba	Alba	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 back	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 misses	cc
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 misses	nsubj
11	misses	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	conj
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 family	nmod:poss
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 misses	obj
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 much	advmod
15	much	much	ADV	_	11 misses	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the king	her = she					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	miss	present	Alba	Alba's family					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus

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