Test 12 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: the cowboy makes the g…

wait, what was that bit about the milk, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: bit

This is test 12 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bit	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 bit	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bit	cop
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	obl
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 milk	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 milk	det
9	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bit	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	1 wait	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past		that bit				about the milk	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 · ✓ the right answer

the giant had no pots to hold it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 giant	det
2	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 pots	det
5	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 hold	mark
7	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 had	xcomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the giant	no pots					tree rules
2	hold	to-infinitive	no pots not said here	giant					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

the giant poured the whole churn of milk into the stork's pot by mistake

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 giant	det
2	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 poured	nsubj
3	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 churn	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 churn	amod
6	churn	churn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 poured	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 milk	case
8	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 churn	nmod
9	into	into	ADP	_	13 pot	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stork	det
11	stork	stork	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pot	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 stork	case
13	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 poured	obl
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 mistake	case
15	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 poured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	past	the giant	the whole churn of milk		the stork's pot		by mistake	vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent churn=Theme into pot=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

the cowboy spilled it on the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cowboy	det
2	cowboy	cowboy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spilled	nsubj
3	spilled	spill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spilled	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 floor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spilled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spill	past	the cowboy	it		the floor			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 4

the giant had drunk every drop and then fell asleep by the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 giant	det
2	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drunk	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 drunk	aux
4	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 drop	det
6	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drunk	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fell	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 fell	advmod
9	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 drunk	conj
10	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fell	xcomp
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 fire	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fire	det
13	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past · perfect · passive		the giant					tree rules
2	fall	past					then	by the fire; asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by fire=Location

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