Test 13 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and his Goose: Saint Kavi…

So when the saint said my horn's not soft, what's that mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: saint, horn, that · What happens: say, not be, mean · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1999 «Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and his Goose: Saint Kavin mends the goose and the king pays with his land» 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	_	5 said	advmod
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 said	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 saint	det
4	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 horn	nmod:poss
7	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 soft	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 soft	cop
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 soft	advmod
10	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 said	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 mean	punct
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 mean	obj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 mean	aux
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 mean	nsubj
15	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 soft	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the saint		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	not is	present	my horn	soft property	tree rules
3	mean	present	that		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

He won't do the job for nothing, no free favours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
2	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 do	advmod
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 job	det
6	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 nothing	case
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 do	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 favours	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 favours	det
11	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 favours	amod
12	favours	favour	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 nothing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	future	He	the job				for nothing	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality

Option 2

He wants more food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 food	amod
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	He	more food					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It means he's a stubborn old tinker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tinker	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tinker	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tinker	det
6	stubborn	stubborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tinker	amod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tinker	amod
8	tinker	tinker	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	he	a stubborn old tinker					tree rules

Option 4

He means he's too clever to be fooled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 clever	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 clever	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 clever	advmod
6	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	9 fooled	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 fooled	aux:pass
9	fooled	fool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 clever	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	He		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	he	clever property	tree rules
3	fool	to-infinitive · passive	he not said here		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»

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