Test 1 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gellert: Llewelyn slays his loyal houn…

Bruv, why did Llewelyn go mental and stab his own dog?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Llewelyn · What happens: go, stab · To what, where: own dog

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2015 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gellert: Llewelyn slays his loyal hound by mistake» 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 go	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 go	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 go	aux
5	Llewelyn	Llewelyn	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 go	nsubj
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 go	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stab	cc
9	stab	stab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 go	conj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 dog	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dog	amod
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stab	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · do-support	Llewelyn					Bruv vocative; mental property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stab	infinitive	Llewelyn not said here	Llewelyn's own dog					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient

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

cos he thought the dog had stolen his bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thought	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stolen	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 stolen	aux
7	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 thought	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bread	nmod:poss
9	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stolen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	cos						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	steal	past · perfect · passive		the dog					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary bread=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

cos he reckoned the dog had eaten his baby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eaten	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reckoned	nsubj
3	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	acl:relcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eaten	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 eaten	aux
7	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 baby	nmod:poss
9	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	he	cos not said here					vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent cos=Attribute
2	eat	past · perfect · passive		cos					tree rules

Option 3

cos he reckoned the dog had nicked his horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nicked	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reckoned	nsubj
3	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	acl:relcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nicked	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 nicked	aux
7	nicked	nick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 horse	nmod:poss
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nicked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	he	cos not said here					vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent cos=Attribute
2	nick	past · perfect · passive		cos					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary horse=Theme

Option 4

cos he reckoned the dog had eaten his little baby and there was blood all over the nursery, innit

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckoned	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reckoned	nsubj
3	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eaten	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 eaten	aux
7	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 nursery	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 baby	nmod:poss
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 baby	amod
10	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eaten	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 was	cc
12	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	13 was	expl
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 nursery	cop
14	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 was	nsubj
15	all	all	ADV	_	18 nursery	advmod
16	over	over	ADP	_	18 nursery	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 nursery	det
18	nursery	nursery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckoned	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 innit	punct
20	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 nursery	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	cos				vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	eat	past · perfect · passive		the dog			tree rules
3	is	past			the nursery and innit	all property	tree rules

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