Test 11 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Fair, Brown, and Trembling, part 1: Cu…

So the crowd tried to chase her, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: crowd · What happens: try, chase · To what, where: crowd

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2011 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Fair, Brown, and Trembling, part 1: Cucullin is tricked, and Trembling rides to church» 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	_	4 tried	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 crowd	det
3	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tried	nsubj
4	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 chase	mark
6	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tried	xcomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 chase	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tried	punct
9	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 tried	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	the crowd						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	chase not said to happen	to-infinitive	the crowd not said here	crowd					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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

Yeah, they ran out after her, but she was gone, fam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 ran	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 ran	compound:prt
6	after	after	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 gone	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 gone	cc
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 gone	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 gone	cop
12	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ran	parataxis
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fam	punct
14	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gone	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run out	past	they				after her = she		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	she					gone property	tree rules

Option 2

Yeah, they chased her, but nobody caught her, bro

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 chased	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 chased	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chased	nsubj
4	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chased	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 caught	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 caught	cc
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 caught	nsubj
9	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chased	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 caught	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bro	punct
12	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chased	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past	they	her = she					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	catch	past	nobody	her = she					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, the whole crowd came pouring out of the church after her, screaming and waving their arms, but she was long gone, fam

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 came	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crowd	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crowd	amod
5	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 came	nsubj
6	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 gone	advcl
7	pouring	pour	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 came	xcomp
8	out	out	ADP	_	11 church	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 church	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 church	det
11	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pouring	obl
12	after	after	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 pouring	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 screaming	punct
15	screaming	scream	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 pouring	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 waving	cc
17	waving	wave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 screaming	conj
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 arms	nmod:poss
19	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 waving	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 gone	punct
21	but	but	CCONJ	_	25 gone	cc
22	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 gone	nsubj
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 gone	cop
24	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	25 gone	advmod
25	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 fam	punct
27	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the whole crowd				tree rules
2	pour out	gerund	the whole crowd not said here	the church	after crowd		vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Patient
3	scream speech: express	gerund	the whole crowd not said here				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	wave	gerund	the whole crowd not said here	their arms			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient
5	is	past	crowd			fam obl; go, long property	tree rules

Option 4

Nah, bro, they didn't even bother, they just watched her go and went back in for the rest of the Mass, sound, mate, real talk

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	9 bother	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bro	punct
3	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nah	vocative
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bother	nsubj
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 bother	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 bother	advmod
8	even	even	ADV	_	9 bother	advmod
9	bother	bother	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 watched	punct
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 watched	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 watched	advmod
13	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 bother	parataxis
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 go	nmod:poss
15	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 watched	xcomp
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 went	cc
17	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 watched	conj
18	back	back	ADV	_	17 went	advmod
19	in	in	ADV	_	17 went	advmod
20	for	for	ADP	_	22 rest	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 rest	det
22	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 went	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 Mass	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Mass	det
25	Mass	Mass	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 rest	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 sound	punct
27	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 rest	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 mate	punct
29	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 sound	conj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 talk	punct
31	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 talk	amod
32	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bother	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not bother	past · do-support	they		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	watch	past	they		tree rules
3	go	infinitive	they not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	go back	past	they not said here	for the rest of the Mass and sound and mate	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

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