Test 7 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the cal…
Aw, the poor calf! Whit did he say tae the boy?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Whit · What happens: say · To what, where: tae · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Aw, the poor calf!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aw | Aw | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 calf | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 calf | det |
| 4 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 calf | amod |
| 5 | calf | calf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Aw | appos |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Aw | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Whit did he say tae the boy?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit | whit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 say | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | tae | tae | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 say | obj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 boy | det |
| 7 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 say | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past · do-support | Whit | tae | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent tae=Theme boy=Manner |
The options
Option 1
Climb that tree the noo and dinnae come doon till the dragon's gone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 tree | det |
| 3 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | obj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 noo | det |
| 5 | noo | noo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 come | cc |
| 7 | dinnae | dinnae | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 come | nsubj |
| 8 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Climb | conj |
| 9 | doon | doon | ADV | _ | 8 come | advmod |
| 10 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 14 gone | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 dragon | det |
| 12 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gone | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 gone | cop |
| 14 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 come | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | imperative | you not said here | that tree | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come | present | dinnae | doon property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | present | the dragon | gone property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
"Climb that tree and dinnae come doon"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Climb | punct |
| 2 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 tree | det |
| 4 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Climb | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 come | cc |
| 6 | dinnae | dinnae | X | Foreign=Yes | 7 come | dep |
| 7 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 Climb | conj |
| 8 | doon | doon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 come | obj |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Climb | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb in a quote | imperative | you not said here | that tree | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | doon | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location doon=Theme |
Option 3
Climb the tree an' bide up there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tree | det |
| 3 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | obj |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bide | det |
| 5 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 bide | punct |
| 6 | bide | bide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Climb | conj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 bide | compound:prt |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 bide | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | imperative | you not said here | the tree | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme | ||||
| 2 | bide up | infinitive | you not said here | there | tree rules |
Option 4
Ye should've stayed at hame an' never cam tae the wild-wood wi me
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 4 stayed | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 stayed | aux |
| 3 | 've | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 stayed | aux |
| 4 | stayed | stay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 hame | case |
| 6 | hame | hame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stayed | obl |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cam | det |
| 8 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 cam | punct |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 cam | advmod |
| 10 | cam | cam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stayed | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | tae | tae | ADP | Foreign=Yes | 16 wi | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 wi | det |
| 13 | wild | wild | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 wood | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 wild | punct |
| 15 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 wi | compound |
| 16 | wi | wi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stayed | obl |
| 17 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 stayed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | should · perfect | Ye | a cam | hame | tae the wood wi; me obl | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at hame=Location |
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