Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and his Goose: Saint Kavi…

Bro, the king said the saint was a dacent boy at first?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: king, saint · What happens: say, be · To what, where: dacent boy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bro	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 saint	det
7	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 boy	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 boy	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 boy	det
10	dacent	dacent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 boy	amod
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	ccomp
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 first	case
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 said	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the king					Bro vocative	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the saint	a dacent boy					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

Yeah, until he heard about the goose's flight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 heard	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 heard	punct
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 heard	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 heard	nsubj
5	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	10 flight	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 goose	det
8	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 flight	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 goose	case
10	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	he					about the goose's flight	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about flight=Stimulus

Option 2

Yeah, till he found out the stranger was Saint Kavin and then he begged for mercy

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 found	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 found	punct
3	till	till	SCONJ	_	5 found	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 found	nsubj
5	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 found	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stranger	det
8	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Saint	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 Saint	cop
10	Saint	Saint	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 found	obl
11	Kavin	Kavin	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Saint	flat
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 begged	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 begged	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 begged	nsubj
15	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 found	conj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 mercy	case
17	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	find out	past	he				vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the stranger	Saint			tree rules
3	beg speech: request	past	Saint		then	for mercy	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic

Option 3

Yeah, till he found out the stranger was actually Saint Kavin in a disguise of rags

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 found	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 found	punct
3	till	till	SCONJ	_	5 found	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 found	nsubj
5	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 found	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stranger	det
8	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Kavin	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 Kavin	cop
10	actually	actually	ADV	_	12 Kavin	advmod
11	Saint	Saint	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Kavin	compound
12	Kavin	Kavin	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 found	parataxis
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 disguise	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 disguise	det
15	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 rags	case
17	rags	rag	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 disguise	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find out	past	he			a disguise of rags			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the stranger	Saint Kavin				actually property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, till he found out it was Saint Kavin himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 found	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 found	punct
3	till	till	SCONJ	_	5 found	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 found	nsubj
5	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 found	compound:prt
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 Saint	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 Saint	cop
9	Saint	Saint	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 found	parataxis
10	Kavin	Kavin	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Saint	flat
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 Saint	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find out	past	he						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	Saint				Saint nmod	tree rules

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