Test 10 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight…

Is that Miles Cross place in the real world or is it made up?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, make up · To what, where: Cross place, real world, world

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 259 «Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight back from Elfland» 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	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 place	cop
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 place	mark
3	Miles	Miles	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Cross	compound
4	Cross	Cross	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 place	compound
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 world	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 world	amod
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 place	nmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 made	cc
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 made	aux:pass
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 made	nsubj:pass
13	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 place	conj
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 made	compound:prt
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 place	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		Cross place		the real world			tree rules
2	make up	present · passive		world					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot

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

It's a hill where the Elves dance, ye ken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hill	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hill	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hill	det
4	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 dance	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Elves	det
7	Elves	Elf	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 dance	compound
8	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hill	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ken	punct
10	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	11 ken	compound
11	ken	ken	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hill	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a hill and ye ken				Elves dance nmod	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It's a made-up place fae the ballad, nae real road, but the Elves' ride goes through it at Hallowe'en every year for ever

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fae	nsubj:outer
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fae	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 place	det
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 place	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 up	punct
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 made	compound:prt
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fae	nsubj
8	fae	fae	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ballad	det
10	ballad	ballad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fae	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 road	punct
12	nae	nae	X	Foreign=Yes	14 road	dep
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 road	amod
14	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ballad	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 goes	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	21 goes	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Elves	det
18	Elves	Elf	PROPN	Number=Plur	20 ride	nmod:poss
19	'	's	PART	_	18 Elves	case
20	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 goes	nsubj
21	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fae	conj
22	through	through	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 goes	obl
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 Hallowe'en	case
25	Hallowe'en	Hallowe'en	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 goes	obl
26	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	27 year	det
27	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 goes	obl:unmarked
28	for	for	ADP	_	29 ever	case
29	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	21 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	participle					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	It			fae property	tree rules
3	go	present	the Elves's ride	place	year	at Hallowe'en	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent through it=Location for ever=Theme
4	ride		the Elves				nom ride «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It's a field where the knights gather

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 field	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 field	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 field	det
4	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 gather	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 knights	det
7	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 gather	nsubj
8	gather	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 field	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a field					tree rules
2	gather	present	the knights						vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It's a crossroads, ye stand there at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 crossroads	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 crossroads	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 crossroads	det
4	crossroads	crossroad	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stand	punct
6	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	7 stand	nsubj
7	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 crossroads	acl:relcl
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 stand	advmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 night	case
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a crossroads					tree rules
2	stand	present	ye	a crossroads not said here		there	night		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crossroad=Stimulus

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