Test 3 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: the cowboy makes the g…

wait, the hare was the actual villain yeah?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, hare · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: actual villain

This is test 3 · ★ 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	_	8 villain	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hare	det
4	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 villain	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 villain	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 villain	det
7	actual	actual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 villain	amod
8	villain	villain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	obl
9	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	1 wait	discourse
10	?	?	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	the hare	the actual villain					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 sons had started the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sons	det
2	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 started	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 started	aux
4	started	start	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fire	det
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 started	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	past · perfect	the sons	the fire					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the hare tossed the ashes all over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hare	det
2	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tossed	nsubj
3	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ashes	det
5	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tossed	obj
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 over	advmod
7	over	over	ADV	_	3 tossed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	toss	past	the hare	the ashes				over property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ash=Patient

Option 3

the stork threw the milk around

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stork	det
2	stork	stork	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	nsubj
3	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 milk	det
5	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	obj
6	around	around	ADV	_	3 threw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw around	past	the stork	the milk				around property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme

Option 4

the Gruagach set the hare on the hearth on purpose to trick them all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Gruagach	det
2	Gruagach	Gruagach	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 set	nsubj
3	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hare	det
5	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 hearth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hearth	det
8	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 purpose	case
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 trick	mark
12	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 set	advcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 trick	obj
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 them	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past	the Gruagach	the hare		the hearth		on purpose	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hare=Theme on hearth=Destination
2	trick	to-infinitive	the Gruagach not said here	them = they					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

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