Test 7 · ★ · Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tr…

did Arden just die sitting on Naois's shoulder?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, die, sit · To what, where: Arden, shoulder

This is test 7 · ★ 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	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Arden	Arden	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 did	obj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 die	advmod
4	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 did	advcl
5	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 die	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 shoulder	case
7	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 shoulder	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Naois	case
9	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sitting	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	Arden		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arden=Eventuality
2	die	present			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	sit	gerund		Naois's shoulder	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on shoulder=Location

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

Nah, he fell off Naois's shoulder and drowned in the grey sea, mate

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 fell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	8 shoulder	case
6	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 shoulder	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Naois	case
8	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 drowned	cc
10	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fell	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
13	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sea	amod
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drowned	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mate	punct
16	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sea	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall off	past	he	Naois's shoulder					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient shoulder=Extent
2	drown	participle	he not said here			the grey sea and mate			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he was on Naois's shoulder when he died, and Naois let go at once

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 shoulder	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 shoulder	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 shoulder	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 shoulder	cop
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 shoulder	case
6	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 shoulder	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Naois	case
8	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 died	nsubj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 died	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 died	nsubj
11	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 let	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 let	cc
14	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 let	nsubj
15	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 died	advcl
16	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 let	xcomp
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 once	case
18	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	16 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	is	past	he	Naois's shoulder	tree rules
2	die	past	Naois's shoulder		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	let	past	Naois		tree rules
4	go	infinitive	Naois not said here		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he was on Naois's shoulder when he went, and Naois wouldn't let go

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 shoulder	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 shoulder	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 shoulder	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 shoulder	cop
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 shoulder	case
6	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 shoulder	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Naois	case
8	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	vocative
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 went	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 let	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 let	cc
14	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 let	nsubj
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 let	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 let	advmod
17	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 went	conj
18	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	is	past	he	Naois's shoulder	tree rules
2	go	past	Naois		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not let	would	Naois		tree rules
4	go	infinitive	Naois not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, he was sitting on Naois's shoulder when he went, and Naois wouldn't let go no matter how hard he cried for his brothers

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 sitting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sitting	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sitting	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sitting	aux
5	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 shoulder	case
7	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 shoulder	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Naois	case
9	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sitting	obl
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 went	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 went	nsubj
12	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sitting	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 let	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 let	cc
15	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 let	nsubj
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 let	aux
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 let	advmod
18	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sitting	parataxis
19	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 let	xcomp
20	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	21 matter	det
21	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 go	obj
22	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	23 hard	advmod
23	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	25 cried	advmod
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 cried	nsubj
25	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 go	advcl
26	for	for	ADP	_	28 brothers	case
27	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 brothers	nmod:poss
28	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 cried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sit	past · progressive	he		Naois's shoulder		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on shoulder=Location
2	go	past	Naois				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not let	would	Naois				tree rules
4	go	infinitive	Naois not said here	no matter			vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location matter=Theme
5	cry speech: express	past	Naois			for Naois's brothers; hard property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for brother=Recipient

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