Test 10 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Kilhuch and Olwen: Mabon is rescued, t…
Bro, did Kay and Bedwyr really break into the prison?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: do, break · To what, where: Kay, prison
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2001 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Kilhuch and Olwen: Mabon is rescued, the comb is won, and Kilhuch wins Olwen» 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 | 3 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bro | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Kay | Kay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 Bedwyr | cc |
| 6 | Bedwyr | Bedwyr | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Kay | conj |
| 7 | really | really | ADV | _ | 8 break | advmod |
| 8 | break | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | parataxis |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 prison | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 prison | det |
| 11 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 break | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Bro | Kay and Bedwyr | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kay=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | break | present | into the prison result | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into prison=Result |
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
Nah, they waited until everyone was asleep and then climbed in through a window of the dungeon
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 waited | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 waited | nsubj |
| 4 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 asleep | mark |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 asleep | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 asleep | cop |
| 8 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 waited | advcl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 climbed | cc |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 climbed | advmod |
| 11 | climbed | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 waited | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADV | _ | 11 climbed | advmod |
| 13 | through | through | ADP | _ | 15 window | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 window | det |
| 15 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 climbed | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 dungeon | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 dungeon | det |
| 18 | dungeon | dungeon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 window | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past | they | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | past | everyone | asleep property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | climb | past | they not said here | a window of the dungeon | then | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through window=Trajectory |
Option 2
Yeah, while the fight was going on, they crept in through the back door of the prison
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 going | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 going | punct |
| 3 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 7 going | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fight | det |
| 5 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 going | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 going | aux |
| 7 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 crept | advcl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 going | compound:prt |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 going | punct |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 crept | nsubj |
| 11 | crept | creep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | in | in | ADV | _ | 11 crept | advmod |
| 13 | through | through | ADP | _ | 16 door | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 door | det |
| 15 | back | back | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 door | amod |
| 16 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 crept | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 prison | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 prison | det |
| 19 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 door | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | past · progressive | the fight | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | creep in | past | they | the back door of the prison | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through door=Trajectory |
Option 3
Nah, they were outside the walls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 walls | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 walls | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 walls | cop |
| 5 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 7 walls | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 walls | det |
| 7 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | outside the walls | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, while the fight was going on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 going | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 going | punct |
| 3 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 7 going | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fight | det |
| 5 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 going | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 going | aux |
| 7 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 going | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | past · progressive | the fight | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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