Test 8 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar: greedy Manachar…

Hang on, the crow just yelled "Daub! daub!" and Munachar listened?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, crow, Munachar · What happens: hang on, yell, listen · To what, where: Daub daub

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	1 Hang	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 yelled	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crow	det
5	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 yelled	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 yelled	advmod
7	yelled	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Hang	parataxis
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 daub	punct
9	Daub	Daub	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 daub	compound
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 Daub	punct
11	daub	daub	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 yelled	obj
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 daub	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 daub	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 listened	cc
15	Munachar	Munachar	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 listened	nsubj
16	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 yelled	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Hang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hang on	imperative	you not said here		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	yell speech: express	past	the crow	Daub daub	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daub=Topic
3	listen	past	Munachar		vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: 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

Yeah, he went for the cow instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 cow	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cow	det
7	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl
8	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	he					for the cow; instead property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for cow=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he used the red clay on the sieve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 used	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 used	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 used	nsubj
4	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 clay	det
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 clay	amod
7	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 sieve	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sieve	det
10	sieve	sieve	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	he	the red clay		the sieve			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clay=Patient

Option 3

Yeah, he got the red clay from the riverbank, packed the sieve, and then went to the cow

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 clay	det
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 clay	amod
7	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 riverbank	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 riverbank	det
10	riverbank	riverbank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 clay	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 packed	punct
12	packed	pack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 riverbank	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sieve	det
14	sieve	sieve	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 packed	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 went	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 went	cc
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 went	advmod
18	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 got	conj
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 cow	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 cow	det
21	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he	the red clay	the riverbank			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent clay=Theme from riverbank=Source
2	pack	participle	the riverbank not said here	the sieve				vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sieve=Theme
3	go	past	he not said here			then	to the cow	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to cow=Initial_Location

Option 4

Yeah, he used the red clay on the sieve, then the crow flew off with the cake

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 used	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 used	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 used	nsubj
4	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 clay	det
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 clay	amod
7	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 sieve	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sieve	det
10	sieve	sieve	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 flew	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 flew	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 crow	det
14	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 flew	nsubj
15	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 used	conj
16	off	off	ADP	_	15 flew	compound:prt
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 cake	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 cake	det
19	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	he	the red clay		the sieve			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clay=Patient
2	fly off	past	the crow				then	with the cake	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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