Test 2 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Kilhuch and Olwen: Mabon is rescued, t…

Bruv, why did the eagle say he went all the way to Llyn Llyw?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eagle · What happens: do, say, go · To what, where: way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eagle	det
6	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 went	nsubj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 say	ccomp
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 way	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 Llyn	case
14	Llyn	Llyn	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 way	nmod
15	Llyw	Llyw	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Llyn	flat
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past			Bruv vocative	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the eagle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	go	past	eagle	all way	to Llyn	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme

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

He fancied a change of scenery and some fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fancied	nsubj
2	fancied	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 change	det
4	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fancied	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 scenery	case
6	scenery	scenery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 change	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fish	cc
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 fish	det
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 change	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fancy	past	He	a change of scenery and some fish					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer change=Stimulus
2	change		scenery						nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

Honestly he was just nosy and wanted to see what the lake was like, so off he went

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Honestly	honestly	ADV	_	5 nosy	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 nosy	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 nosy	cop
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 nosy	advmod
5	nosy	nosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wanted	cc
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 nosy	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 see	mark
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wanted	xcomp
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 see	obj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lake	det
12	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 what	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 like	cop
14	like	like	INTJ	_	10 what	discourse
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 went	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	19 went	advmod
17	off	off	ADP	_	19 went	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 went	nsubj
19	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 nosy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	he	honestly, nosy property	tree rules
2	want	past	he not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
4	go	past	lake		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Cos the wind blew him that way and he was bored

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 blew	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wind	det
3	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blew	nsubj
4	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 blew	obj
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blew	obl:unmarked
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bored	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 bored	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 bored	cop
11	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 blew	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	the wind	him = he				that way obl:unmarked	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	is	past	wind					bored property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was hungry and went looking for a feed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hungry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	cop
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 went	cc
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	conj
6	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 went	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 feed	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 feed	det
9	feed	feed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	He	hungry property	tree rules
2	go	past	He not said here		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	look	gerund	He not said here	for a feed	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for feed=Theme

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