Test 3 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and his Goose: Saint Kavi…
Lowkey the king was well shook, innit?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: shake, innit · To what, where: Lowkey
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | Lowkey | Lowkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 shook | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shook | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 shook | aux:pass |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 shook | advmod |
| 6 | shook | shake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 innit | punct |
| 8 | innit | innit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 shook | conj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 shook | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | past · passive | Lowkey | well property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | tree rules |
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
Nah, he was cool as a cucumber, but his eyes were bulging out a bit
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 cool | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cool | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 cool | cop |
| 5 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 cucumber | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cucumber | det |
| 8 | cucumber | cucumber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cool | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 bulging | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 bulging | cc |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 12 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 bulging | nsubj |
| 13 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 bulging | aux |
| 14 | bulging | bulge | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 cool | appos |
| 15 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 bulging | compound:prt |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 bit | det |
| 17 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bulging | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | as a cucumber; cool property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bulge out | past · progressive | his eyes | a bit | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, he was proper shaking and sweating
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 shaking | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 shaking | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 shaking | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 shaking | aux |
| 5 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 shaking | amod |
| 6 | shaking | shake | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 sweating | cc |
| 8 | sweating | sweat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 shaking | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | past · progressive | he | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | sweat | gerund | he not said here | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he was shaking so hard his crown fell off and rolled under the table
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 shaking | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 shaking | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 shaking | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 shaking | aux |
| 5 | shaking | shake | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 hard | advmod |
| 7 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 fell | advmod |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 crown | nmod:poss |
| 9 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fell | nsubj |
| 10 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 shaking | advcl |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 fell | compound:prt |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 rolled | cc |
| 13 | rolled | roll | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 fell | conj |
| 14 | under | under | ADP | _ | 16 table | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 table | det |
| 16 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 rolled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | past · progressive | he | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | fall off | past | his crown | hard property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | roll | participle | his crown not said here | the table | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under table=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | crown | his = he | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, his eyes were ready to jump out his head
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 ready | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 ready | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 4 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 ready | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 ready | cop |
| 6 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 jump | mark |
| 8 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 ready | xcomp |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 jump | compound:prt |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 head | nmod:poss |
| 11 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 jump | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | his eyes | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | jump out | to-infinitive | his eyes not said here | his head | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme head=Trajectory |
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