Test 4 · ★ · Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won b…
Yeah but what were the English lot up to?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 345 «Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won back at dusk» 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 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 what | discourse |
| 2 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 what | cc |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 what | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lot | det |
| 6 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lot | amod |
| 7 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 were | nsubj |
| 8 | up | up | ADV | _ | 4 were | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 up | fixed |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 what | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Scoffing ale and having a laugh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scoffing | scoff | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | ale | ale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Scoffing | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 having | cc |
| 4 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Scoffing | conj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 laugh | det |
| 6 | laugh | laugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 having | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scoff | gerund | ale | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ale=Theme | |||||
| 2 | have | gerund | a laugh | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Patient |
Option 2
Snoring in the great hall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snoring | snore | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 hall | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hall | det |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hall | amod |
| 5 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Snoring | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snore | gerund | in the great hall | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in hall=Theme |
Option 3
Getting drunk on wine and telling stories in the courtyard all night long
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | root | root |
| 2 | drunk | drink | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Getting | xcomp |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 wine | case |
| 4 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drunk | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 telling | cc |
| 6 | telling | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Getting | conj |
| 7 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 telling | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 courtyard | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 courtyard | det |
| 10 | courtyard | courtyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 telling | obl |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 night | det |
| 12 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Getting | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Getting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | gerund | night | long property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | drink | participle | wine | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | gerund | stories | the courtyard | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |
Option 4
Gambling their wages away and singing rude songs in the great hall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gambling | gamble | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 wages | nmod:poss |
| 3 | wages | wage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Gambling | obj |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Gambling | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 singing | cc |
| 6 | singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Gambling | conj |
| 7 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 songs | amod |
| 8 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 singing | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 hall | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 hall | det |
| 11 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 hall | amod |
| 12 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 singing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gamble away | gerund | their wages | away property | vn risk-94 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wage=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | gerund | rude songs | the great hall | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |
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