Test 10 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part 27: the herd wins t…

Whit did the sea-maiden dae tae the herd?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Whit · What happens: do

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2008 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part 27: the herd wins the princess by untying the heads, then is taken to the loch» 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	Whit	whit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 maiden	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 maiden	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 sea	punct
6	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 did	parataxis
7	dae	dae	X	Foreign=Yes	6 maiden	dep
8	tae	tae	ADP	Foreign=Yes	10 herd	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 herd	det
10	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Whit					tae the herd	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

chased him tae the caves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 chased	obj
3	tae	tae	ADP	Foreign=Yes	5 caves	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 caves	det
5	caves	cave	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past		him = he				tae the caves	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

took him doon tae the bottom o the loch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 took	obj
3	doon	doon	ADV	_	1 took	advmod
4	tae	tae	ADP	Foreign=Yes	6 bottom	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bottom	det
6	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 took	obl
7	o	of	ADP	Abbr=Yes	9 loch	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 loch	det
9	loch	loch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past		him = he				tae the bottom; of the loch; doon property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme of loch=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

took him tae the loch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 took	obj
3	tae	tae	ADP	Foreign=Yes	5 loch	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 loch	det
5	loch	loch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past			him = he			tae the loch	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination

Option 4

pulled him doon the burn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 pulled	obj
3	doon	doon	ADP	_	5 burn	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 burn	det
5	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past		him = he				doon the burn	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result

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