Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: the cowboy makes the g…

so what was the Gruagach's big secret, pal?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: big secret

This is test 9 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	2 what	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 secret	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 secret	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Gruagach	det
5	Gruagach	Gruagach	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 secret	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Gruagach	case
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 secret	amod
8	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 pal	punct
10	pal	pal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 secret	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 secret	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the Gruagach's big secret and pal					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

he clipped his own back for wool

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 clipped	nsubj
2	clipped	clip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 back	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 back	amod
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clipped	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 wool	case
7	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clip	past	he	his own back				for wool	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

he had no secret

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 secret	det
4	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he	no secret					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Patient

Option 3

he spun his own yarn at night

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 spun	nsubj
2	spun	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 yarn	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 yarn	amod
5	yarn	yarn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spun	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 night	case
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spun	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	past	he	his own yarn			night		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent yarn=Theme
2	yarn		his = he						nom yarn «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

he sheared his own sheep yearly

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 sheared	nsubj
2	sheared	shear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sheep	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sheep	amod
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sheared	obj
6	yearly	yearly	ADV	_	2 sheared	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shear	past	he	his own sheep				yearly property	vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sheep=Initial_Location

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