Test 5 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and his Goose: Saint Kavi…
Did the goose just catch a trout and roast it up?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do, catch, roast up · To what, where: goose, trout
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | Did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 goose | det |
| 3 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Did | obj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 catch | advmod |
| 5 | catch | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Did | advcl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 trout | det |
| 7 | trout | trout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 catch | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 roast | cc |
| 9 | roast | roast | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 catch | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 roast | obj |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 roast | compound:prt |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the goose | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goose=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | catch | present | a trout | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trout=Theme | |||||
| 3 | roast up | infinitive | trout | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Nah, she caught a horse-eel, and the eel killed her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 caught | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 caught | nsubj |
| 4 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 eel | det |
| 6 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 eel | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 horse | punct |
| 8 | eel | eel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 caught | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 killed | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 killed | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 eel | det |
| 12 | eel | eel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 killed | nsubj |
| 13 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 caught | conj |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 killed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past | she | a horse eel | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eel=Theme | ||||
| 2 | kill | past | the eel | her = she | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 2
Nah, she caught a huge horse-eel, and the eel swallowed her whole
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 caught | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 caught | nsubj |
| 4 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 eel | det |
| 6 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 eel | amod |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 eel | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 horse | punct |
| 9 | eel | eel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 caught | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 swallowed | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 swallowed | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 eel | det |
| 13 | eel | eel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 swallowed | nsubj |
| 14 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 caught | conj |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 whole | nmod:poss |
| 16 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 swallowed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past | she | a huge horse eel | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eel=Theme | ||||
| 2 | swallow | past | the eel | eel's whole | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whole=Patient |
Option 3
Nah, she caught a pike and swallowed it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 caught | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 caught | nsubj |
| 4 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pike | det |
| 6 | pike | pike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 caught | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 swallowed | cc |
| 8 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 caught | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 swallowed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past | she | a pike | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pike=Theme | ||||
| 2 | swallow | past | she not said here | pike | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 4
Nah, she caught a trout, but the saint blessed it and it flew away
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 caught | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 caught | nsubj |
| 4 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 trout | det |
| 6 | trout | trout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 caught | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 blessed | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 blessed | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 saint | det |
| 10 | saint | saint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 blessed | nsubj |
| 11 | blessed | bless | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 caught | conj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 blessed | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 flew | cc |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 flew | nsubj |
| 15 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 blessed | conj |
| 16 | away | away | ADV | _ | 15 flew | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past | she | a trout | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trout=Theme | ||||
| 2 | bless | past | the saint | trout | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fly away | past | saint | away property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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