Test 10 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: the cowboy makes the g…

did the cowboy actually go for the prince or nah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cowboy · What happens: do, go · To what, where: cowboy

This is test 10 · ★ 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	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cowboy	det
3	cowboy	cowboy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 did	obj
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 go	advmod
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cowboy	acl:relcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 prince	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prince	det
8	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 nah	cc
10	nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 prince	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the cowboy					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cowboy=Eventuality
2	go	present	the cowboy not said here					for the prince; actually property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for prince=Beneficiary

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

he chased the prince out of the castle and into the glen before dawn

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 chased	nsubj
2	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chased	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 castle	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 castle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 castle	det
8	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chased	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 glen	cc
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 glen	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 glen	det
12	glen	glen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 castle	conj
13	before	before	ADP	_	14 dawn	case
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past	he	the prince		the castle and the glen	dawn		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prince=Theme out castle=Trajectory

Option 2

he lifted the prince by the collar and dropped him in the moat outside

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 lifted	nsubj
2	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifted	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 collar	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 collar	det
7	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifted	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dropped	cc
9	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lifted	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dropped	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 moat	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 moat	det
13	moat	moat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dropped	obl
14	outside	outside	ADV	_	9 dropped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	past	he	the prince				by the collar	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent prince=Theme by collar=Destination
2	drop	past	he not said here	him = he		the moat		outside property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in moat=Destination

Option 3

he threw him against the wall

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	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 threw	obj
4	against	against	ADP	_	6 wall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wall	det
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	he	him = he		the wall			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme against wall=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he flattened him under a table

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 flattened	nsubj
2	flattened	flatten	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 flattened	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 table	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 table	det
6	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flattened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatten	past	he	him = he		a table			vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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