Test 6 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and his Goose: Saint Kavi…

Wait, why didn't the eel eat the goose?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, eel · What happens: wait, not eat · To what, where: goose

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 eat	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 eat	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 eat	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 eat	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 eel	det
7	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eat	nsubj
8	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 goose	det
10	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eat	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not eat	past · do-support	the eel	the goose					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goose=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

Because the eel was full from breakfast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 full	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 eel	det
3	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 full	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 full	cop
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 breakfast	case
7	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the eel			breakfast		full property	tree rules

Option 2

Cause she had been blessed and the eel knew it was a holy goose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 goose	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 blessed	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 blessed	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 blessed	aux:pass
5	blessed	bless	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Cause	acl:relcl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 knew	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 eel	det
8	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 knew	nsubj
9	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 blessed	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 knew	obj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 goose	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 goose	det
13	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 goose	amod
14	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	bless	past · perfect · passive		she	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	know	past	the eel	Cause	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3	is a	past	Cause	a holy goose	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Cause she was blessed by the saint's hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	_	4 blessed	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 blessed	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 blessed	aux:pass
4	blessed	bless	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	9 hands	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 saint	det
7	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hands	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 saint	case
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blessed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bless	past · passive	the saint's hands	she					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Cause the saint had blessed her with holy water and the sign of the cross

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 blessed	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 saint	det
3	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blessed	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 blessed	aux
5	blessed	bless	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 blessed	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blessed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sign	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sign	det
12	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 water	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 cross	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cross	det
15	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sign	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bless	infinitive · perfect · passive		the saint				with holy water and the sign of the cross	tree rules
2	sign			the cross					nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

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