Test 11 · ★ · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a po…

Who was that flattering old lady at the door?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: flatter · To what, where: old lady, door

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2007 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a poor fisherman promises his first son to the sea-maiden, and the son sets out» 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	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 flattering	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flattering	aux
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 flattering	mark
4	flattering	flatter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lady	amod
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flattering	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flattering	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 flattering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatter	past · progressive		old lady		the door			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lady=Experiencer

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 · ✓ the right answer

A little carlin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 carlin	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 carlin	amod
3	carlin	carlin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The giant's own wife dressed in a servant's cloak

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	5 wife	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 giant	case
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wife	amod
5	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 wife	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 cloak	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 servant	det
9	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cloak	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 servant	case
11	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	participle		the giant's own wife not said here		a servant's cloak			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A giant hag from the marsh beyond the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hag	det
2	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hag	amod
3	hag	hag	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 marsh	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 marsh	det
6	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hag	nmod
7	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	9 hills	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hills	det
9	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hag	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A wise old hag

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hag	det
2	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hag	amod
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hag	amod
4	hag	hag	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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