Test 2 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Golden Ball, My Own Self and the…

Why was the lass gonna get hanged anyway?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: lass · What happens: be, hange · To what, where: lass

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 237 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Golden Ball, My Own Self and the start of The Black Bull of Norroway: the lad beats the bogles, the lass is saved, a fairy child burns her foot, and a girl sets out for her fortune» 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=Rel	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lass	det
4	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	nsubj
5	gonna	gonna	PART	_	7 hanged	mark
6	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 hanged	aux:pass
7	hanged	hange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 lass	acl
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	7 hanged	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the lass					why property	tree rules
2	hange	infinitive · passive		the lass not said here				anyway 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

cos the judge had decided it was her fault for the whole village row and the hangman agreed

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 fault	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 judge	det
3	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 decided	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 decided	aux
5	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 cos	ccomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fault	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 fault	cop
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 fault	nmod:poss
9	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 agreed	nsubj
10	for	for	ADP	_	14 row	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 row	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 row	amod
13	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 row	compound
14	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fault	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 hangman	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hangman	det
17	hangman	hangman	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 row	conj
18	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cos	infinitive				tree rules
2	decide	past · perfect	the judge			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	it	her fault	for the whole village row and the hangman	tree rules
4	agree speech: agree	past	her fault			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

cos she'd been caught stealin' a golden ball and the whole toon wanted her swinging by Friday

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stealin	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stealin	nsubj
3	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stealin	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 stealin	cop
5	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 stealin	amod
6	stealin	stealin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 stealin	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 ball	det
9	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ball	amod
10	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wanted	nsubj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 toon	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 toon	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 toon	amod
14	toon	toon	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ball	conj
15	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stealin	parataxis
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wanted	obj
17	swinging	swing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 stealin	acl
18	by	by	ADP	_	19 Friday	case
19	Friday	Friday	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 swinging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	catch	participle				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past · perfect	cos	caught stealin		tree rules
3	want	past	a golden ball and the whole toon	her = she		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme
4	swing	gerund	caught stealin not said here		friday	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

cos the hangman was a total pain and wanted her gone

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 hangman	det
3	hangman	hangman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pain	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 pain	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pain	det
6	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pain	amod
7	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cos	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wanted	cc
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wanted	obj
11	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 wanted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	is a	past	the hangman	a total pain	tree rules
3	want	past	you not said here	her = she	tree rules
4	go not said to happen	participle	her = she not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

cos she stole a sheep from the big farm yonder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stole	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stole	nsubj
3	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sheep	det
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stole	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 farm	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 farm	det
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 farm	amod
9	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stole	obl
10	yonder	yonder	ADV	_	3 stole	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	cos	a sheep		the big farm		yonder property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme from farm=Source

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