Test 1 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: the cowboy makes the g…

mate, why was the cowboy so mental with the Gruagach, like proper scary?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: cowboy

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2004 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: the cowboy makes the giant laugh and stops a wedding» 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	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cowboy	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 cowboy	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cowboy	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cowboy	det
6	cowboy	cowboy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 mate	conj
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 mental	advmod
8	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cowboy	amod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 Gruagach	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Gruagach	det
11	Gruagach	Gruagach	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 mental	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 scary	punct
13	like	like	ADP	_	15 scary	case
14	proper	properly	ADV	_	15 scary	advmod
15	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mental	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the cowboy					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

he gave him a stern look and a shove

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 look	det
5	stern	stern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 look	amod
6	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shove	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 shove	det
9	shove	shove	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 look	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	he	a stern look and a shove	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient look=Theme

Option 2

he dragged the giant across the whole hall by his hair and kicked him in the ribs until he begged for mercy

The tree, 22 words

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 dragged	nsubj
2	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dragged	obj
5	across	across	ADP	_	8 hall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hall	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hall	amod
8	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dragged	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 hair	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 hair	nmod:poss
11	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dragged	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 kicked	cc
13	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dragged	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 kicked	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 ribs	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 ribs	det
17	ribs	rib	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 kicked	obl
18	until	until	SCONJ	_	20 begged	mark
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 begged	nsubj
20	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 kicked	advcl
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 mercy	case
22	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	drag	past	he	the giant	the whole hall	by giant's hair	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Theme
2	kick	past	he not said here	giant	the ribs		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in rib=Location
3	beg speech: request	past	giant			for mercy	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic

Option 3

he flayed the giant's back with a knife and then tied his feet to the rafters for an hour

The tree, 20 words

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 flayed	nsubj
2	flayed	flay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 back	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 giant	case
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flayed	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 knife	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 knife	det
9	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flayed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tied	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 tied	advmod
12	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 flayed	conj
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 feet	nmod:poss
14	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 tied	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 rafters	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rafters	det
17	rafters	rafter	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 tied	obl
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 hour	case
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 hour	det
20	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flay	past	he	the giant's back				with a knife	tree rules
2	tie	past	he not said here	giant's feet			then; hour	to the rafters	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent foot=Patient to rafter=Co-Patient

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

he tore the house apart to make him talk

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 tore	nsubj
2	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 house	det
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tore	obj
5	apart	apart	ADV	_	2 tore	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tore	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 make	obj
9	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tore	past	he	the house	apart property	tree rules
2	make	to-infinitive	he not said here	him = he		tree rules
3	talk	infinitive	him = he not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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