Test 8 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the cal…
Wis the boy scared? Aye, he wis greetin! Whit did he dae?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, Whit · What happens: wi, dae · To what, where: greetin
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Wis the boy scared?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wis | Wis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 scared | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 boy | det |
| 3 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 scared | nsubj |
| 4 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 scared | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Aye, he wis greetin!
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 | greetin | greetin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wis | obj |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 wis | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wi | present | boy | greetin | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Whit did he dae?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit | whit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dae | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dae | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dae | nsubj |
| 4 | dae | dae | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 dae | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dae | past · do-support | Whit | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He sobbed and said "Oh, my calf"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sobbed | nsubj |
| 2 | sobbed | sob | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 said | cc |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 sobbed | conj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 calf | punct |
| 6 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 9 calf | discourse |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Oh | punct |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 calf | nmod:poss |
| 9 | calf | calf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | ccomp |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 calf | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sob | past | He | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | He not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He cried and said "Oh, no, my bull-calf"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 cried | nsubj |
| 2 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 said | cc |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 cried | conj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 calf | punct |
| 6 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 13 calf | discourse |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Oh | punct |
| 8 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 Oh | discourse |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Oh | punct |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 calf | nmod:poss |
| 11 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 calf | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 bull | punct |
| 13 | calf | calf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | ccomp |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 calf | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | past | He | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | He not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
He hid under a rock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 rock | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rock | det |
| 5 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | He | a rock | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under rock=Location |
Option 4
He wept and cried "Och, my wee calf"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wept | nsubj |
| 2 | wept | weep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 cried | cc |
| 4 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 wept | conj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 calf | punct |
| 6 | Och | och | INTJ | _ | 10 calf | discourse |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Och | punct |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 calf | nmod:poss |
| 9 | wee | wee | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 calf | amod |
| 10 | calf | calf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cried | obl |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 calf | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weep | past | He | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past | He not said here | my wee calf | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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