Test 10 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bulle…
Ye know Jack the Fool? His brothers thought he was a total eejit, didn't they?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ye, brothers, Jack · What happens: know, think, be, not do · To what, where: Jack, total eejit · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Ye know Jack the Fool?
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 | 2 know | nsubj |
| 2 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 know | obj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Fool | det |
| 5 | Fool | fool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 know | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | Ye | Jack | tree rules |
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: His brothers thought he was a total eejit, didn't they?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 thought | nsubj |
| 3 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 eejit | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 eejit | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 eejit | det |
| 7 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 eejit | amod |
| 8 | eejit | eejit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thought | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 did | punct |
| 10 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 thought | parataxis |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 did | advmod |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 did | nsubj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 thought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | Jack's brothers | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | Jack | a total eejit | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not do | past | brothers = brother | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, they thought he was a simpleton and never let him near the horses
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 thought | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 simpleton | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 simpleton | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 simpleton | det |
| 8 | simpleton | simpleton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | ccomp |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 let | cc |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 let | advmod |
| 11 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 thought | conj |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 let | obj |
| 13 | near | near | ADP | _ | 15 horses | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 horses | det |
| 15 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 let | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | they | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | he | a simpleton | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not let | infinitive | they not said here | him = he | near the horses | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, they thought he was a simpleton
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 thought | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 simpleton | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 simpleton | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 simpleton | det |
| 8 | simpleton | simpleton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | they | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | he | a simpleton | tree rules |
Option 3
Yeah, they thought he was a dunce
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 thought | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 dunce | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 dunce | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dunce | det |
| 8 | dunce | dunce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | they | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | he | a dunce | tree rules |
Option 4
Yeah, they thought he was daft
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 thought | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 daft | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 daft | cop |
| 7 | daft | daft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | they | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | he | daft property | tree rules |
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