Test 11 · ★ · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway,…

Whit song did the lass sing every night, like?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Whit song · What happens: do · To what, where: lass sing

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 238 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the youngest sister rides off on the Black Bull and wins back her knight» 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	Whit	whit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 song	compound
2	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sing	det
5	lass	lass	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sing	amod
6	sing	sing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 like	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	3 did	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Whit song	the lass sing			night		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sing=Eventuality

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

A sad sang aboot a lass who served for seven years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sad	det
2	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sang	nsubj
3	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	aboot	aboot	ADP	_	6 lass	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lass	det
6	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sang	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 served	nsubj
8	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lass	acl:relcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 years	case
10	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 years	nummod
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 served	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	a sad					aboot a lass	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	serve	past	a lass				year		vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She sang a sad sang

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sad	det
4	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sang	nsubj
5	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sang	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	She						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	sing speech: express	past	a sad						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Seven long years I served for thee, sung every night wi' tears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 years	nummod
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 years	amod
3	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 served	obl:unmarked
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 served	nsubj
5	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 thee	case
7	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 served	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sung	punct
9	sung	sing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 served	conj
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 wi	det
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wi	compound
12	wi	wi	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tears	nmod:poss
13	'	's	PART	_	12 wi	case
14	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sung	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past	I				year	for thee	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for thou=Recipient
2	sing speech: express	participle	I not said here	every night wi's tears					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tear=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

"Seven long years I served for thee"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 served	punct
2	Seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 years	nummod
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 years	amod
4	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 served	obl:unmarked
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 served	nsubj
6	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 thee	case
8	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	6 served	obl
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 served	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve in a quote	past	I				year	for thee	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for thou=Recipient

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