Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the cal…
Naw way! Whit happened tae the dragon efter the calf wis killed?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Whit · What happens: happen, kill · To what, where: calf wis
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Naw way!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naw | naw | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 way | det |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 way | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Whit happened tae the dragon efter the calf wis killed?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit | whit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | tae | tae | ADP | Foreign=Yes | 6 efter | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 efter | det |
| 5 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 efter | compound |
| 6 | efter | efter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 happened | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 wis | det |
| 8 | calf | calf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wis | compound |
| 9 | wis | wi | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 efter | nmod |
| 10 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 wis | acl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | Whit | tae the dragon efter the calf wis | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | kill | participle | the calf wis not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1
It flew off to the hills
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 flew | nsubj |
| 2 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 flew | compound:prt |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 hills | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hills | det |
| 6 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 flew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly off | past | It | to the hills result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to hill=Result |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It went away for a bit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 went | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 bit | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bit | det |
| 6 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go away | past | It | for a bit; away property | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for bit=Beneficiary |
Option 3
It wandered off to hunt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wandered | nsubj |
| 2 | wandered | wander | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 wandered | compound:prt |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 hunt | mark |
| 5 | hunt | hunt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wandered | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wander off | past | It | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hunt | to-infinitive | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
It flew back up the mountain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 flew | nsubj |
| 2 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 flew | advmod |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 mountain | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mountain | det |
| 6 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 flew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly back | past | It | the mountain | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up mountain=Trajectory |
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