Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Fair, Brown, and Trembling, part 1: Cu…

So Cucullin bit his own finger off by mistake?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cucullin · What happens: bite off · To what, where: own finger

This is test 4 · ★ 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	_	3 bit	advmod
2	Cucullin	Cucullin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 bit	nsubj
3	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 finger	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 finger	amod
6	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bit	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	3 bit	compound:prt
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 mistake	case
9	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bit	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 bit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite off	past	Cucullin	Cucullin's own finger				by mistake	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent finger=Patient by mistake=Location

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

Yeah, bro, the finger slipped out of his mouth, sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 bro	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bro	punct
3	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slipped	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bro	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 finger	det
6	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slipped	nsubj
7	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	out	out	ADP	_	11 mouth	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 mouth	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mouth	nmod:poss
11	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slipped	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sound	punct
13	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mouth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip out	past	bro	finger's mouth and sound					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent mouth=Patient

Option 2

Yeah, bro, Cucullin bit it off in a panic when Fin squeezed the stone, and then he spat it out across the field

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 bro	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bro	punct
3	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bit	vocative
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bro	punct
5	Cucullin	Cucullin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 bit	nsubj
6	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bit	obj
8	off	off	ADP	_	6 bit	compound:prt
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 panic	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 panic	det
11	panic	panic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bit	obl
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 squeezed	advmod
13	Fin	Fin	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 squeezed	nsubj
14	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bit	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 stone	det
16	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 squeezed	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 spat	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 spat	cc
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 spat	advmod
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 spat	nsubj
21	spat	spat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 bit	parataxis
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 spat	obj
23	out	out	ADP	_	21 spat	compound:prt
24	across	across	ADP	_	26 field	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 field	det
26	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 spat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite off	past	Cucullin	bro	a panic		bro vocative	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient in panic=Location
2	squeeze	past	Fin	the stone				vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme
3	spat out	infinitive	Fin	stone	the field	then		tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he just swallowed it whole, mate, no one saw it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 swallowed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 swallowed	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 swallowed	advmod
5	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 saw	parataxis
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 swallowed	obj
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 mate	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 whole	punct
9	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swallowed	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 saw	punct
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 one	det
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 saw	nsubj
13	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	past	he	it					vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	see	past	no one	mate					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, bro, Fin clamped down on it when he felt his teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 bro	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bro	punct
3	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clamped	vocative
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bro	punct
5	Fin	Fin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 clamped	nsubj
6	clamped	clamp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 clamped	compound:prt
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 clamped	obl
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 felt	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 felt	nsubj
12	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 clamped	advcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 teeth	nmod:poss
14	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 felt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clamp down	past	Fin					on bro; bro vocative	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient on it=Co-Patient
2	feel	past	Fin	Fin's teeth					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme

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