Test 2 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Fin M'Coul and Cucullin, part 29: Oonag…
Wha, Fin's hiding in a cradle? Like a baby?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fin · What happens: hide · To what, where: cradle
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 2010 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fin M'Coul and Cucullin, part 29: Oonagh tricks the giant with iron cakes» 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
Sentence 1: Wha, Fin's hiding in a cradle?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wha | Wha | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 hiding | punct |
| 3 | Fin | Fin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 hiding | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Fin | case |
| 5 | hiding | hiding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wha | appos |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 cradle | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cradle | det |
| 8 | cradle | cradle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hiding | nmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wha | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | Fin | a cradle | nom hiding «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place |
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.
Sentence 2: Like a baby?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | ADP | _ | 3 baby | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 baby | det |
| 3 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 baby | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
No, Fin is out on the road
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 out | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Fin | Fin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 out | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 out | cop |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 road | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 road | det |
| 8 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 out | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Fin | the road | out property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, Fin hides in the pram
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 hides | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | Fin | Fin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 hides | nsubj |
| 4 | hides | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 pram | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pram | det |
| 7 | pram | pram | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hides | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present | Fin | the pram | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in pram=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, Fin lies in the cradle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 lies | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | Fin | Fin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 lies | nsubj |
| 4 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 cradle | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cradle | det |
| 7 | cradle | cradle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lies | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | Fin | the cradle | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cradle=Location |
Option 4
Yes, Fin lies in the cradle, pretending to be a baby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 lies | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | Fin | Fin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 lies | nsubj |
| 4 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 cradle | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cradle | det |
| 7 | cradle | cradle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lies | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 pretending | punct |
| 9 | pretending | pretend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 lies | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 baby | mark |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 baby | cop |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 baby | det |
| 13 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pretending | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | Fin | the cradle | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cradle=Location | ||||
| 2 | pretend | gerund | Fin not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is a | to-infinitive | Fin not said here | a baby | tree rules |
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