Test 7 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gellert: Llewelyn slays his loyal houn…
So was the cradle all messed up or what?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: mess up · To what, where: cradle
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 6 messed | advmod |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 messed | aux:pass |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cradle | det |
| 4 | cradle | cradle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 messed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 messed | advmod |
| 6 | messed | mess | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 messed | compound:prt |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 what | cc |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 messed | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 messed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mess up | past · passive | the cradle | all property | 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.
The options
Option 1
Yeah, it was flipped over
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 flipped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 flipped | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 flipped | aux:pass |
| 5 | flipped | flip | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | over | over | ADV | _ | 5 flipped | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flip over | past · passive | it | over property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, the cradle was flipped right over and the baby's blankets were all splattered in blood
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 flipped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 flipped | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cradle | det |
| 4 | cradle | cradle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 flipped | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 flipped | aux:pass |
| 6 | flipped | flip | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | right | right | ADV | _ | 8 over | advmod |
| 8 | over | over | ADV | _ | 6 flipped | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 splattered | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 baby | det |
| 11 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 blankets | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 baby | case |
| 13 | blankets | blanket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 splattered | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 splattered | aux:pass |
| 15 | all | all | ADV | _ | 16 splattered | advmod |
| 16 | splattered | splatter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 flipped | conj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 blood | case |
| 18 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 splattered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flip | past · passive | the cradle | over property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | splatter | past · passive | the baby's blankets | blood | all property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in blood=Destination |
Option 3
Yeah, it was totally flipped over and the whole thing was smothered in gore and straw
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 flipped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 flipped | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 flipped | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 flipped | aux:pass |
| 5 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 6 flipped | advmod |
| 6 | flipped | flip | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | over | over | ADV | _ | 6 flipped | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 smothered | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 thing | det |
| 10 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 thing | amod |
| 11 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 smothered | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 smothered | aux:pass |
| 13 | smothered | smother | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 flipped | conj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 gore | case |
| 15 | gore | gore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 smothered | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 straw | cc |
| 17 | straw | straw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 gore | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flip over | past · passive | it | over, totally property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | smother | past · passive | the whole thing | in gore and straw | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in gore=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, it was flipped and smothered in blood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 flipped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 flipped | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 flipped | aux:pass |
| 5 | flipped | flip | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 smothered | cc |
| 7 | smothered | smother | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 flipped | conj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 blood | case |
| 9 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 smothered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flip | past · passive | it | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | smother | participle | in blood | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in blood=Theme |
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