Test 2 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar: greedy Manachar…
Wait, was the king's new missus the one who stopped him?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, one · What happens: wait, be, stop · To what, where: new missus, king
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1997 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar: greedy Manachar eats every raspberry, so Munachar sets out to make a rope and hang him» 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 | _ | 8 missus | punct |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 missus | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 missus | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 king | case |
| 7 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 missus | amod |
| 8 | missus | missus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 one | det |
| 10 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 missus | appos |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 stopped | nsubj |
| 12 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 one | acl:relcl |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 stopped | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | the king's new missus | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | stop | past | the one | king | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector he=Eventuality |
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, she made him quit cutting the shoots after the third time, mate
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 made | obj |
| 6 | quit | quit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | conj |
| 7 | cutting | cut | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 made | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 shoots | det |
| 9 | shoots | shoot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 cutting | obj |
| 10 | after | after | ADP | _ | 13 time | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 time | det |
| 12 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 time | amod |
| 13 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cutting | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| 15 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | she | him = he | mate vocative | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product | |||
| 2 | quit | past | she not said here | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | cut | gerund | she not said here | the shoots | time | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shoot=Product |
Option 2
Nah, the old queen came back and ordered the cutting to carry on forever
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 came | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 queen | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 queen | amod |
| 5 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 came | nsubj |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 came | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 ordered | cc |
| 9 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 came | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 cutting | det |
| 11 | cutting | cutting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ordered | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 carry | mark |
| 13 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 ordered | xcomp |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 carry | compound:prt |
| 15 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 13 carry | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | past | the old queen | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | order | past | the old queen not said here | the cutting | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cutting=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | carry on not said to happen | to-infinitive | the cutting not said here | forever property | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she made him quit cutting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 made | obj |
| 6 | quit | quit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 made | xcomp |
| 7 | cutting | cutting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 quit | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | she | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | quit | infinitive | him = he not said here | cutting | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cutting=Source |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, his old wife made him quit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 wife | nmod:poss |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 wife | amod |
| 5 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | nsubj |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 made | obj |
| 8 | quit | quit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 made | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | his old wife | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | quit | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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