Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning fl…

Was Redhead well dodgy with the flail, innit?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be, innit · To what, where: Redhead

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 2022 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning flail from hell and the Danes run off» 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 Redhead	cop
2	Redhead	Redhead	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 dodgy	nsubj
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 dodgy	advmod
4	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 flail	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 flail	det
7	flail	flail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dodgy	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 innit	punct
9	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 dodgy	parataxis
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dodgy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		Redhead					tree rules
2	innit	infinitive							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, he grabbed it with both hands and shrieked like a banshee until the whole of hell heard him

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 grabbed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 grabbed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grabbed	nsubj
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 heard	parataxis
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grabbed	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 hands	case
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 hands	det
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grabbed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 shrieked	cc
10	shrieked	shriek	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 grabbed	conj
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 banshee	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 banshee	det
13	banshee	banshee	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shrieked	obl
14	until	until	SCONJ	_	16 whole	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 whole	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 shrieked	advcl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 hell	case
18	hell	hell	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 whole	obl
19	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	grab	past	he	it	with both hands	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	shriek	participle	he not said here		like a banshee	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hear	past		him = he		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 2

Nah, he touched it and howled away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 touched	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 touched	nsubj
4	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 touched	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 howled	cc
7	howled	howl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 touched	conj
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 howled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	past	he	it					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
2	howl away	past	he not said here					away property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he grabbed it and shrieked like a banshee

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 grabbed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 grabbed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grabbed	nsubj
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grabbed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 shrieked	cc
7	shrieked	shriek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grabbed	conj
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 banshee	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 banshee	det
10	banshee	banshee	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shrieked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	he	it					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	shriek	past	he not said here					like a banshee	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, he snatched it and yelled like a fool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 snatched	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 snatched	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 snatched	nsubj
4	snatched	snatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 snatched	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 yelled	cc
7	yelled	yell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 snatched	conj
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 fool	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fool	det
10	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 yelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snatch	past	he	it					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	yell speech: express	participle	he not said here					like a fool	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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