Test 3 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight…

So why did Tamlane have to get saved, like, what was the big deal?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tamlane · What happens: have, save, be · To what, where: big deal

This is test 3 · ★ 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	_	5 have	advmod
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 have	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 have	aux
4	Tamlane	Tamlane	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	8 saved	mark
7	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 saved	aux:pass
8	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 have	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 deal	punct
10	like	like	INTJ	_	16 deal	discourse
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 like	punct
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 deal	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 deal	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 deal	det
15	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 deal	amod
16	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	parataxis
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	past · do-support	Tamlane		tree rules
2	save	to-infinitive · passive	Tamlane not said here		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»
3	is a	past		the big deal	tree rules

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

Cause he lied tae the Queen aboot the stars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lied	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lied	nsubj
3	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	tae	tae	ADP	Foreign=Yes	6 Queen	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Queen	det
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lied	obl
7	aboot	aboot	ADP	_	9 stars	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stars	det
9	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	Cause					tae the Queen; aboot the stars	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Elves were gonnae hand him over as their tithe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Elves	det
2	Elves	Elf	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 hand	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hand	aux
4	gonnae	gonnae	X	Foreign=Yes	5 hand	dep
5	hand	hand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hand	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	5 hand	compound:prt
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 tithe	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 tithe	nmod:poss
10	tithe	tithe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand over	past	the Elves	him = he				as Elves's tithe	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

Cause he'd eaten their fairy bread at the broom bush and the Queen said he had tae be punished forever in the hill

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 said	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 eaten	nsubj
3	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 eaten	aux
4	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Cause	acl:relcl
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bread	nmod:poss
6	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bread	compound
7	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eaten	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 bush	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bush	det
10	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bush	compound
11	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eaten	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 Queen	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Queen	det
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 bush	conj
15	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 punished	nsubj:pass
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 punished	aux
18	tae	tae	X	Foreign=Yes	20 punished	nsubj:pass
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 punished	aux:pass
20	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 said	ccomp
21	forever	forever	ADV	_	20 punished	advmod
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 hill	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 hill	det
24	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 punished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect	Cause	their fairy bread	the broom bush and the Queen		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient
2	say speech: assert	past	Cause				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	punish	past · passive		Cause	the hill	forever property	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Cause the Elves wanted his horse back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Elves	det
3	Elves	Elf	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Cause	ccomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 horse	nmod:poss
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	4 wanted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	want back	past	the Elves	his horse					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot horse=Theme

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