Test 12 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight…

So did Tamlane aye get back his proper body in the end?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, get back · To what, where: Tamlane, proper body, end

This is test 12 · ★ 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	So	so	ADV	_	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Tamlane	Tamlane	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
4	aye	aye	PART	_	5 get	mark
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 did	advcl
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 get	advmod
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 body	nmod:poss
8	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 body	amod
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 end	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		Tamlane					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tamlane=Eventuality
2	get back	infinitive		Tamlane's proper body			in the end		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer body=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 · ✓ the right answer

Aye, he was a man again, stark naked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	6 man	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 man	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 man	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	again	again	ADV	_	6 man	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stark	punct
9	stark	stark	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 man	acl:relcl
10	naked	naked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stark	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a man			again		tree rules
2	stark	infinitive	a man not said here					naked property	tree rules

Option 2

Naw, he stayed a snake forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 stayed	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Naw	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stayed	nsubj
4	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 snake	det
6	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stayed	obj
7	forever	forever	ADV	_	4 stayed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	Naw	a snake				forever property	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme snake=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Aye, he wis a man again, but he had tae gie up his horse and armour tae the Queen, an live in the hill wi her

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	4 wis	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wis	nsubj
4	wis	wi	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wis	obj
7	again	again	ADV	_	4 wis	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 had	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 had	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 had	nsubj
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 wis	parataxis
12	tae	tae	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 gie	nsubj
13	gie	gie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 had	parataxis
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 gie	compound:prt
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 horse	nmod:poss
16	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gie	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 armour	cc
18	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 horse	conj
19	tae	tae	ADP	Foreign=Yes	21 Queen	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Queen	det
21	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 armour	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 live	punct
23	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 live	det
24	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	4 wis	conj
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 hill	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 hill	det
27	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 wi	obl
28	wi	wi	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 live	conj
29	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 wi	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	wi	present	he	a man		again	tree rules
2	have	past	man				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	gie up	present	tae	man's horse and armour tae the Queen			tree rules
4	live	present	he not said here				vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	wi	past	he not said here	her = she	the hill		tree rules

Option 4

Aye, he was dressed in his armour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	5 dressed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dressed	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dressed	aux:pass
5	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 armour	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 armour	nmod:poss
8	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	past · passive		he		his armour			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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