Test 6 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires hims…

yo, what was Jack doing when the master came by to check the cows?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jack, master · What happens: do, come by, check · To what, where: cows

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 2014 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires himself to the Gray Churl and turns every order against him» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	6 doing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 doing	obj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 doing	aux
5	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 doing	nsubj
6	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 came	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 master	det
9	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 came	nsubj
10	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 doing	advcl
11	by	by	ADP	_	10 came	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 check	mark
13	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 came	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cows	det
15	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 check	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past · progressive	Jack		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	come by	past	the master		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	check	to-infinitive	the master not said here	the cows	vn assessment-34.1 «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

Lying in the ditch with a pipe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 ditch	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ditch	det
4	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lying	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 pipe	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pipe	det
7	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund				the ditch		with a pipe	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ditch=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Sleeping with his face in the sod

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 face	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 face	nmod:poss
4	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sleeping	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sod	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sod	det
7	sod	sod	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sleeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund				the sod		with his face	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sod=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Sleeping with his face in the sod while the cows ate all the wheat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 ate	advcl
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 face	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 face	nmod:poss
4	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sleeping	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sod	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sod	det
7	sod	sod	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sleeping	obl
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 ate	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cows	det
10	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ate	nsubj
11	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 wheat	det:predet
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wheat	det
14	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund	the cows not said here			the sod		with his face	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sod=Location
2	eat	past	the cows	all wheat					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheat=Patient

Option 4

Sleeping with his face in the sod and his cap pulled down over his eyes

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 pulled	csubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 face	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 face	nmod:poss
4	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sleeping	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sod	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sod	det
7	sod	sod	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sleeping	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cap	cc
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 cap	nmod:poss
10	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sod	conj
11	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	down	down	ADV	_	11 pulled	advmod
13	over	over	ADP	_	15 eyes	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 eyes	nmod:poss
15	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund				the sod and his cap		with his face	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sod=Location
2	pull down	past	Sleeping			his eyes		down property	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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