Test 8 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires hims…

so for the sheep path, what was Jack really doing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jack · What happens: do

This is test 8 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	11 doing	advmod
2	for	for	ADP	_	5 path	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 path	det
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 path	compound
5	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 doing	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 doing	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 doing	obj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 doing	aux
9	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 doing	nsubj
10	really	really	ADV	_	11 doing	advmod
11	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · progressive	Jack					for the sheep path	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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 · ← Mova's choice

Mending a fence for the sheep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mending	mend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fence	det
3	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mending	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 sheep	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sheep	det
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Mending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mend	gerund		a fence				for the sheep	tree rules

Option 2

Carving a stick for the path

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carving	carve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stick	det
3	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carving	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 path	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 path	det
6	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	gerund		a stick				for the path	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent stick=Product for path=Asset

Option 3

Sharpening a knife for the feet of every sheep on the whole farm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sharpening	sharpen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 knife	det
3	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sharpening	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 feet	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 feet	det
6	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sharpening	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 sheep	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 sheep	det
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feet	nmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 farm	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 farm	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 farm	amod
13	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sharpening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sharpen	gerund		a knife		the whole farm		for the feet of every sheep	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent knife=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Sharpening a knife for the feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sharpening	sharpen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 knife	det
3	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sharpening	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 feet	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 feet	det
6	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sharpening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sharpen	gerund		a knife				for the feet	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent knife=Patient

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