Test 7 · ★ · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetrot: a magic yarn wins…

Wha rode up tae the cottage, no kidding?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Wha · What happens: ride up

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 262 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetrot: a magic yarn wins a laird's bride, and he forbids her the spinning-wheel» 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	Wha	Wha	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 rode	compound:prt
4	tae	tae	ADP	Foreign=Yes	6 cottage	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cottage	det
6	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 kidding	punct
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 kidding	det
9	kidding	kidding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cottage	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 rode	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride up	past	Wha					tae the cottage and no kidding	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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

A rich lord on his fine horse, followed by three servants and a pack of hounds

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lord	det
2	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lord	amod
3	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 horse	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 horse	nmod:poss
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lord	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 followed	punct
9	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lord	acl:relcl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 servants	case
11	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 servants	nummod
12	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 followed	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 pack	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pack	det
15	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 servants	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 hounds	case
17	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 pack	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	participle		a rich lord on his fine horse not said here				by three servants and a pack of hounds	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by servant=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A laird on his horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 laird	det
2	laird	laird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 horse	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 horse	nmod:poss
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laird	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A miller on a cart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 miller	det
2	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 cart	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cart	det
5	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 miller	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A young laird on a grey horse, riding fast down from the hills with his men

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 laird	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 laird	amod
3	laird	laird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laird	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 riding	punct
9	riding	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 laird	acl
10	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 down	advmod
11	down	down	ADV	_	9 riding	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 hills	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hills	det
14	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 down	obl
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 men	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 men	nmod:poss
17	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 riding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	gerund	a young laird on a grey horse not said here					with horse's men; down property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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