Test 8 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Kilhuch and Olwen: Mabon is rescued, t…

Man, was the summer scarce for them, like proper scarce?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Man · What happens: be

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scarce	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Man	punct
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scarce	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 summer	det
5	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scarce	obl:unmarked
6	scarce	scarce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scarce	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 scarce	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 scarce	case
11	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 scarce	amod
12	scarce	scarce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 scarce	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 scarce	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Man				summer	for them = they; scarce property	tree rules
2	be		Man not said here						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 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, the summer was fine, but they had to wait for the apples to ripen in the orchard

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 fine	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 summer	det
4	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fine	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fine	cop
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 had	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 had	cc
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 had	nsubj
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fine	parataxis
11	to	to	PART	_	12 wait	mark
12	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 had	xcomp
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 apples	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 apples	det
15	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 wait	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 ripen	mark
17	ripen	ripen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 wait	advcl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 orchard	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 orchard	det
20	orchard	orchard	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ripen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the summer		fine property	tree rules
2	have	past	they			tree rules
3	wait	to-infinitive	they not said here		for the apples	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	ripen	to-infinitive	they not said here	the orchard		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Nah, the harvest came early, luckily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 harvest	det
4	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 came	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 luckily	punct
8	luckily	luckily	ADV	_	5 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the harvest					early, luckily property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, they had to wait for new potatoes, and they ate only nettles and water for weeks

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 ate	advcl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 wait	mark
6	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 potatoes	case
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 potatoes	amod
9	potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wait	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ate	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ate	cc
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 ate	nsubj
13	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	only	only	ADV	_	15 nettles	advmod
15	nettles	nettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 ate	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 water	cc
17	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 nettles	conj
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 weeks	case
19	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 ate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	they				tree rules
2	wait	to-infinitive	they not said here			for new potatoes	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	eat	past	potatoes = potato	nettles and water	week		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nettle=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, they had to wait for new potatoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 wait	mark
6	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 potatoes	case
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 potatoes	amod
9	potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	they						tree rules
2	wait	to-infinitive	they not said here					for new potatoes	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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