Test 12 · ★ · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway,…

Whit did the knight dae when he heard the singin, mate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Whit · What happens: do, hear · To what, where: knight, singin

This is test 12 · ★ 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 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 knight	det
4	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
5	dae	dae	X	Foreign=Yes	4 knight	dep
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 heard	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 heard	nsubj
8	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 singin	det
10	singin	singin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 heard	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mate	punct
12	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 singin	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Whit	the knight					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Eventuality
2	hear	past	Whit	the singin and mate					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer singin=Stimulus

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

Pretended tae drink the whole cup, then sat up and listened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretended	pretend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 drink	advcl
2	tae	tae	X	Foreign=Yes	1 Pretended	conj
3	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cup	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cup	amod
6	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drink	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sat	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 sat	advmod
9	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drink	advcl
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 sat	compound:prt
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 listened	cc
12	listened	listen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 sat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	pretend	participle	you not said here			tree rules
2	drink	imperative	you not said here	the whole cup		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient
3	sit up	past	you not said here		then	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	listen	participle	you not said here			vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Lay still and then got up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	still	still	ADV	_	1 Lay	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 got	cc
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 got	advmod
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Lay	conj
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 got	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	imperative	you not said here				still		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	get up	past	you not said here				then		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Pretended tae sleep, then ran

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretended	pretend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sleep	amod
2	tae	tae	X	Foreign=Yes	3 sleep	compound
3	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sleep	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 ran	advmod
6	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	participle							tree rules
2	run	past	Pretended tae sleep				then		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Pretended tae drink, then woke up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretended	pretend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 drink	amod
2	tae	tae	X	Foreign=Yes	3 drink	compound
3	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 woke	obl:unmarked
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 woke	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 woke	advmod
6	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 woke	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	participle							tree rules
2	wake up	past		Pretended tae drink			then		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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