Test 1 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bulle…

Ye'll never guess what the wee cowboy was doin' by the sea, yer man was minding the cows like

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ye, yer man · What happens: not guess, be, mind · To what, where: doin, cows · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2013 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bullet and the cowboy's message» 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	Ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	4 guess	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 guess	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 guess	advmod
4	guess	guess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 doin	nsubj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cowboy	det
7	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cowboy	amod
8	cowboy	cowboy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 doin	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 doin	cop
10	doin	doin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guess	ccomp
11	'	'	PUNCT	_	10 doin	punct
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 sea	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guess	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 minding	punct
16	yer	y	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 man	amod
17	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 minding	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 minding	aux
19	minding	mind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 guess	advcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 cows	det
21	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 minding	obj
22	like	like	INTJ	_	21 cows	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not guess	future	Ye		by the sea	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		doin		tree rules
3	mind	past · progressive	yer man	the cows		vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=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

Nah, he was asleep at the time and missed the whole thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 asleep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 asleep	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asleep	cop
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 time	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asleep	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 missed	cc
10	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asleep	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 thing	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thing	amod
13	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 missed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he				time	asleep property	tree rules
2	miss	past	he not said here	the whole thing					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus

Option 2

Aye, he watched it all from the hill and the whale spat Trembling back

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	4 watched	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 watched	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 watched	nsubj
4	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 watched	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 it	det
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 hill	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hill	det
9	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 watched	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 spat	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 spat	det
12	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spat	compound
13	spat	spat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hill	conj
14	Trembling	tremble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 spat	acl
15	back	back	ADV	_	14 Trembling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	he	it		the hill and the whale spat			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	tremble back	gerund	the whale spat not said here						vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, the whale spat her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 spat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 whale	det
4	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spat	nsubj
5	spat	spat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spat	infinitive	the whale	her = she					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Right, he saw the whole thing, and the whale threw Trembling out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	4 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saw	nsubj
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thing	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thing	amod
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 threw	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 threw	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 whale	det
11	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 threw	nsubj
12	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 saw	conj
13	Trembling	tremble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 threw	xcomp
14	out	out	ADP	_	13 Trembling	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	see	past	he	the whole thing	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus
2	throw	past	the whale		tree rules
3	tremble out	gerund	the whale not said here		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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