Test 4 · ★ · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway,…

Whit did she have tae dae wi the fruit, naw?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Whit · What happens: have · To what, where: tae dae

This is test 4 · ★ 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	4 have	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	tae	tae	X	Foreign=Yes	6 dae	flat:foreign
6	dae	dae	X	Foreign=Yes	4 have	obj
7	wi	wi	ADP	_	9 fruit	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fruit	det
9	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 naw	punct
11	naw	naw	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fruit	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past · do-support	Whit	tae dae				wi the fruit and naw	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dae=Patient

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

Share it with the old witch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Share	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 witch	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 witch	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 witch	amod
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Share	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	imperative	you not said here	it				with the old witch	tree rules

Option 2

Hide the fruit safely and only eat it when the Bull tells you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fruit	det
3	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obj
4	safely	safely	ADV	_	1 Hide	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 eat	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 eat	advmod
7	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hide	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 eat	obj
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 tells	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Bull	det
11	Bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tells	nsubj
12	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 eat	conj
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 tells	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here	the fruit		safely property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient
2	eat	present	you not said here	fruit			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	tell speech: assert	present	the Bull		you		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

Option 3

Keep each fruit whole until the very worst part of the journey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 fruit	det
3	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
5	until	until	ADP	_	9 part	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 part	det
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 worst	advmod
8	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 part	amod
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 journey	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 journey	det
12	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	each fruit			until the worst part of the journey	whole property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Keep it till the worst bit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	till	till	ADP	_	6 bit	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bit	det
5	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 bit	amod
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it			till the worst bit		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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