Test 12 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bulle…
The Gray Churl is some wagon, isn't he? How's he do the skin thing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gray Churl, he · What happens: be, not be · To what, where: wagon, he
This is test 12 · ★ 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: The Gray Churl is some wagon, isn't he?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Churl | det |
| 2 | Gray | Gray | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Churl | compound |
| 3 | Churl | churl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wagon | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 wagon | cop |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 wagon | det |
| 6 | wagon | wagon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 wagon | punct |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 he | cop |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 he | advmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 wagon | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 wagon | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Gray Churl | some wagon | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not is a | present | he | 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: How's he do the skin thing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 do | advmod |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | cop |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 thing | det |
| 6 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thing | compound |
| 7 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | do property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Whoever says sorry first gets an inch of skin off his back, and the master gets double pay
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | xcomp |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 gets | advmod |
| 5 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | advcl |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 inch | det |
| 7 | inch | inch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gets | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 skin | case |
| 9 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 inch | nmod |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 12 back | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 back | nmod:poss |
| 12 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gets | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 gets | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 gets | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 master | det |
| 16 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 gets | nsubj |
| 17 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | conj |
| 18 | double | double | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 pay | amod |
| 19 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | present | Whoever | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | get | present | Whoever not said here | a inch of skin | off his back; first property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer inch=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | get | present | the master | double pay | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pay=Stimulus |
Option 2
Whoever speaks first loses his back skin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 speaks | nsubj |
| 2 | speaks | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 loses | advmod |
| 4 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 speaks | conj |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 skin | nmod:poss |
| 6 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 skin | compound |
| 7 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 loses | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | present | Whoever | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | lose | present | Whoever not said here | his back skin | first property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Whoever says sorry first gets an inch of skin off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | xcomp |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 gets | advmod |
| 5 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 inch | det |
| 7 | inch | inch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gets | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 skin | case |
| 9 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 inch | nmod |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 gets | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Whoever | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | get off | present | a inch of skin | first property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer inch=Stimulus |
Option 4
Whoever says sorry first gets an inch of skin off his back in front of the whole yard
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | xcomp |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 gets | advmod |
| 5 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | advcl |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 inch | det |
| 7 | inch | inch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gets | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 skin | case |
| 9 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 inch | nmod |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 12 back | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 back | nmod:poss |
| 12 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gets | obl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 front | case |
| 14 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gets | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 yard | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 yard | det |
| 17 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 yard | amod |
| 18 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 front | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | present | Whoever | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | get | present | Whoever not said here | a inch of skin | front of the whole yard | off his back; first property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer inch=Stimulus |
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