Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gellert: Llewelyn slays his loyal houn…
Why did the prince get so raging?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do, get, rage · To what, where: prince
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 get | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | advcl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 raging | advmod |
| 7 | raging | rage | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 get | advcl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the prince | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | get | present | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | rage | gerund | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
cos he thought the hound had eaten his son
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 hound | det |
| 5 | hound | hound | 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 | 3 thought | ccomp |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 son | nmod:poss |
| 9 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 eaten | 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 | eat | past · perfect · passive | the hound | tree rules |
Option 2
cos the horn wasn't answered and he thought the dog had eaten his little boy in the cradle
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 horn | det |
| 3 | horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 answered | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 answered | aux:pass |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 answered | advmod |
| 6 | answered | answer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 cos | ccomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 thought | cc |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 thought | nsubj |
| 9 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 answered | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dog | det |
| 11 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 eaten | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 eaten | aux |
| 13 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 thought | ccomp |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 boy | nmod:poss |
| 15 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 boy | amod |
| 16 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 eaten | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 cradle | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 cradle | det |
| 19 | cradle | cradle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 eaten | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not answer speech: assert | past · passive | the horn | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | think speech: other | past | he | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | eat | past · perfect · passive | the dog | the cradle | tree rules |
Option 3
cos the hound had bitten his horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hound | det |
| 3 | hound | hound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bitten | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 bitten | aux |
| 5 | bitten | bite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 cos | ccomp |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 horse | nmod:poss |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bitten | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | bite | past · perfect · passive | the hound | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient horse=Result |
Option 4
cos he saw all the blood in the nursery and reckoned the hound had eaten his son whole
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 blood | det:predet |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 blood | det |
| 6 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 nursery | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 nursery | det |
| 9 | nursery | nursery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 reckoned | cc |
| 11 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 eaten | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 hound | det |
| 13 | hound | hound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 eaten | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 eaten | aux |
| 15 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 saw | conj |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 son | nmod:poss |
| 17 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 eaten | obj |
| 18 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 eaten | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | cos | all blood | the nursery | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blood=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | reckon | past | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | eat | past · perfect · passive | the hound | whole property | tree rules |
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