Test 4 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight…

Burd Janet's no feart at aw, is she, even wi the ice an the fire?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: feart · What happens: be

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Burd	Burd	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Janet	compound
2	Janet	Janet	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 feart	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Janet	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 feart	det
5	feart	feart	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ice	nsubj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 aw	case
7	aw	aw	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feart	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 feart	punct
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 ice	cop
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 ice	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 ice	punct
12	even	even	ADV	_	15 ice	advmod
13	wi	wi	ADP	_	15 ice	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ice	det
15	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 fire	det
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 fire	det
18	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ice	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 ice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Burd Janet's feart at aw					wi the ice; a fire nmod	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 · ← Mova's choice

Naw, she's no brave at aw, she jist kept on greetin an sayin she wanted tae go hame tae the mill-dam wi the knights

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 brave	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Naw	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 brave	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 brave	cop
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 brave	det
6	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 aw	case
8	aw	aw	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brave	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kept	punct
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 kept	nsubj
11	jist	jist	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 kept	aux:pass
12	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 brave	conj
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 sayin	case
14	greetin	greetin	ADP	_	16 sayin	case
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 sayin	det
16	sayin	sayin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 kept	obl
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 wanted	nsubj
18	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 sayin	acl:relcl
19	tae	tae	X	Foreign=Yes	20 go	mark
20	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 kept	advcl
21	hame	hame	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 go	obj
22	tae	tae	ADP	Foreign=Yes	26 dam	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 dam	det
24	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 dam	compound
25	-	-	PUNCT	_	24 mill	punct
26	dam	dam	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 go	obl
27	wi	wi	ADP	_	29 knights	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 knights	det
29	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Naw		aw	brave property	tree rules
2	keep	past · passive		Naw	a sayin		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on sayin=Location
3	want	past	Naw	a sayin not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sayin=Theme
4	go	infinitive		hame		tae the mill dam; wi the knights	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hame=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Naw, she's dead brave, she never let go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 brave	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Naw	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 brave	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 brave	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 brave	amod
6	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 let	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 let	nsubj
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 let	advmod
10	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 brave	conj
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Naw	brave property	tree rules
2	not let	infinitive	Naw		tree rules
3	go	infinitive	Naw not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Naw, she wis feart at first, but then she got brave an held on through the ice an the fire an the snake an the glaive

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 wis	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Naw	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	feart	feart	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wis	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 first	case
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 wis	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 got	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 got	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 got	advmod
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 got	nsubj
12	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 wis	conj
13	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 got	xcomp
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 snake	det
15	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 snake	amod
16	on	on	ADP	_	15 held	compound:prt
17	through	through	ADP	_	19 ice	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 ice	det
19	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 snake	obl
20	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 fire	det
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 fire	det
22	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 snake	nsubj
23	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 snake	det
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 snake	det
25	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 got	obj
26	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 glaive	det
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 glaive	det
28	glaive	glaive	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wi	present	Naw	feart				tree rules
2	get	past	Naw	a glaive		then	brave property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glaive=Stimulus
3	hold on	participle						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	snake		a fire		the ice			tree rules

Option 4

Naw, she screamed an dropped him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 screamed	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Naw	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 screamed	nsubj
4	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dropped	det
6	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 screamed	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dropped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	past	Naw						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	drop	past	Naw not said here	him = he					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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