Test 8 · ★ · Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tr…
so Naois's heart just burst? like literally?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: heart · What happens: burst
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 burst | advmod |
| 2 | Naois | Naois | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 heart | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Naois | case |
| 4 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 burst | nsubj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 burst | advmod |
| 6 | burst | burst | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 burst | punct |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 literally | case |
| 9 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 6 burst | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 burst | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burst | infinitive | Naois's heart | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
Yeah, he gave a sigh and his chest split open, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 sigh | det |
| 6 | sigh | sigh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 split | cc |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 chest | nmod:poss |
| 9 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 split | nsubj |
| 10 | split | split | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gave | conj |
| 11 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 split | xcomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 mate | punct |
| 13 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | a sigh | mate vocative | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sigh=Theme | |||
| 2 | split | past | his chest | open property | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he gave the bitter sigh of death and his heart burst, mad
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sigh | det |
| 6 | bitter | bitter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sigh | amod |
| 7 | sigh | sigh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 death | case |
| 9 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sigh | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 burst | cc |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 burst | nmod:poss |
| 12 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 burst | compound |
| 13 | burst | burst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sigh | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 mad | punct |
| 15 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 gave | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | the bitter sigh of death and his heart burst | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sigh=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sigh | death | nom sigh «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 3 | burst | his = he | nom burst «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Nah, he didn't die at all, he got up and went looking for the druid to take revenge on him, real hard
The tree, 23 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 die | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 die | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 die | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 die | advmod |
| 6 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 die | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 got | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 got | nsubj |
| 11 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 die | parataxis |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 got | compound:prt |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 went | cc |
| 14 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 got | conj |
| 15 | looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 went | xcomp |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 druid | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 druid | det |
| 18 | druid | druid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 looking | obl |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 take | mark |
| 20 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 looking | advcl |
| 21 | revenge | revenge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 take | obj |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 him | case |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 take | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 hard | punct |
| 25 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 hard | amod |
| 26 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 die | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not die | past · do-support | he | all | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | get up | past | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | go | past | he not said here | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | look | gerund | he not said here | for the druid | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for druid=Theme | ||||
| 5 | take | to-infinitive | he not said here | revenge | on druid | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme on he=Destination |
Option 4
Nah, he gave the bitter cry and his legs gave way, mad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cry | det |
| 6 | bitter | bitter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cry | amod |
| 7 | cry | cry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 gave | cc |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 legs | nmod:poss |
| 10 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 gave | nsubj |
| 11 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gave | conj |
| 12 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gave | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 mad | punct |
| 14 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 gave | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | the bitter cry | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Theme | ||||
| 2 | give | past | his legs | way | mad property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |
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