Test 6 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3:…

Erin from Cork: «yer man the Stranger was a right eejit to run off.» (eejit = idiot) Was he?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man · What happens: be, run off · To what, where: right eejit, man

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 86 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3: «a great invention» and the road on Merrow Down» 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: Erin from Cork: «yer man the Stranger was a right eejit to run off.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Erin	Erin	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Cork	case
3	Cork	Cork	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Erin	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 eejit	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 eejit	punct
6	yer	yer	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 man	nmod:poss
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eejit	nsubj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Stranger	det
9	Stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 man	nmod
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 eejit	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 eejit	det
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 eejit	amod
13	eejit	eejit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Erin	appos
14	to	to	PART	_	15 run	mark
15	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 eejit	acl
16	off	off	ADP	_	15 run	compound:prt
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Erin	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Erin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	yer's man the Stranger	a right eejit					tree rules
2	run off in a quote	to-infinitive							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: (eejit = idiot) Was he?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 eejit	punct
2	eejit	eejit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 idiot	punct
4	idiot	idiot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 eejit	appos
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 idiot	punct
6	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 he	cop
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 eejit	nsubj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 eejit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		man					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No: he was brave and polite and tried his best to help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 brave	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 brave	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 brave	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 brave	cop
5	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 polite	cc
7	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 brave	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tried	cc
9	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 brave	conj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 best	nmod:poss
11	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 tried	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 help	mark
13	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 tried	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		brave property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here			tree rules
3	try	past	he not said here	his best		tree rules
4	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, he never meant to help at all and only wanted to get away from the river

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 meant	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 meant	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 meant	advmod
5	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 help	mark
7	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 meant	xcomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 help	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wanted	cc
11	only	only	ADV	_	12 wanted	advmod
12	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 meant	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 get	mark
14	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 wanted	xcomp
15	away	away	ADV	_	14 get	advmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 river	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 river	det
18	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	not mean	past	he			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	all		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	want	past	he not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	get away not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the river	away property	vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from river=Source

Option 3

Yes, he hit the ladies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 hit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hit	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hit	nsubj
4	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ladies	det
6	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	he	the ladies					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lady=Co-Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, he stole the spear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 stole	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stole	nsubj
4	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spear	det
6	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stole	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	he	the spear					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location spear=Theme

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