Test 11 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the cal…
The king's dochter wis tied doon, right? By whit?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: tie
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 260 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the calf dies, the boy finds a princess» 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
Sentence 1: The king's dochter wis tied doon, right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wis | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 king | case |
| 4 | dochter | docht | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 wis | amod |
| 5 | wis | wi | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 doon | nsubj |
| 6 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 doon | amod |
| 7 | doon | doon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 doon | punct |
| 9 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 7 doon | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 doon | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie | participle | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: By whit?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 whit | case |
| 2 | whit | whit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 whit | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Her wrists, tied tae a tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 wrists | nmod:poss |
| 2 | wrists | wrist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 tied | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 wrists | punct |
| 4 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | tae | tae | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 tied | conj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 tree | det |
| 7 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tae | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie | participle · passive | Her wrists | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
Her hands, bound wi a rope
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 hands | nmod:poss |
| 2 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bound | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bound | punct |
| 4 | bound | bind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | wi | wi | ADP | _ | 7 rope | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 rope | det |
| 7 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bound | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bind | participle · passive | Her hands | wi a rope | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
Her hair, staked tae the grund by the dragon's cruel men
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 hair | nmod:poss |
| 2 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 staked | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 staked | punct |
| 4 | staked | stake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | tae | tae | ADP | Foreign=Yes | 7 grund | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 grund | det |
| 7 | grund | grund | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 staked | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 men | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dragon | det |
| 10 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 men | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 dragon | case |
| 12 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 men | amod |
| 13 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 staked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stake | participle | Her hair | tae the grund; by the dragon's cruel men | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Her hair, staked tae the grund
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 hair | nmod:poss |
| 2 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 staked | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 staked | punct |
| 4 | staked | stake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | tae | tae | ADP | Foreign=Yes | 7 grund | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 grund | det |
| 7 | grund | grund | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 staked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stake | participle | Her hair | tae the grund | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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