Test 2 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and his Goose: Saint Kavi…

Bruv, wait, the king said the saint could have all the ground?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, king, saint · What happens: wait, say, have · To what, where: ground · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 wait	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wait	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 saint	det
9	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 have	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 have	aux
11	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 said	ccomp
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 ground	det:predet
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ground	det
14	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 have	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		Bruv vocative	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the king			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have	could	the saint	all ground		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Patient

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, all the land he can see from the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 land	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 land	det
5	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 see	nsubj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 see	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 see	aux
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 hill	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hill	det
11	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can	all land			the hill			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Yeah, every bit the goose flew over, plus the king's horse and his gold cup

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 flew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bit	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flew	obl:unmarked
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 goose	det
6	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flew	nsubj
7	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	over	over	ADV	_	7 flew	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 horse	punct
10	plus	plus	CCONJ	_	14 horse	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 horse	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 king	case
14	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flew	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 cup	cc
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 cup	nmod:poss
17	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 cup	compound
18	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 horse	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly over	past	the goose	every bit				over property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, the king said he'd give the saint all the land in the kingdom, every single bit of it

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 give	nsubj
7	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 give	aux
8	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 saint	det
10	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obj
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 land	det:predet
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 land	det
13	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 kingdom	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 kingdom	det
16	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 bit	punct
18	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	20 bit	det
19	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 bit	amod
20	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 kingdom	appos
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 it	case
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 bit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the king						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give	would	king	the saint		the kingdom			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent saint=Recipient land=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, every bit the goose flew over, sus deal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 flew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bit	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flew	obl:unmarked
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 goose	det
6	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flew	nsubj
7	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	over	over	ADV	_	7 flew	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 deal	punct
10	sus	suspect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 deal	amod
11	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly over	past	the goose	every bit				sus deal obl; over property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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