Test 9 · ★ · Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part 44: the boy wins the…

Right, where are the Terrible Women chilling when he finds them?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Terrible Women, he · What happens: chill, find · To what, where: Women

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1457 «Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part 44: the boy wins the Cap, Sword and Shoes on his quest» 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	Right	right	INTJ	_	3 where	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 where	punct
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 chilling	advmod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 chilling	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Women	det
6	Terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Women	amod
7	Women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 chilling	nsubj
8	chilling	chill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 finds	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 finds	nsubj
11	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 chilling	advcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 finds	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 chilling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chill	present · progressive	the Terrible Women						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	find	present	he	Women = woman					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic

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

Under a tall poplar by the big river, all snoozing, with the youngest one's eyes open looking up at the sky

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	4 poplar	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 poplar	det
3	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 poplar	amod
4	poplar	poplar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 river	amod
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poplar	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 snoozing	punct
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 snoozing	nsubj
11	snoozing	snooze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 river	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 eyes	punct
13	with	with	ADP	_	18 eyes	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 one	det
15	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 one	amod
16	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 eyes	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 one	case
18	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 snoozing	obl
19	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 snoozing	xcomp
20	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 snoozing	conj
21	up	up	ADP	_	20 looking	compound:prt
22	at	at	ADP	_	24 sky	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 sky	det
24	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snooze	gerund	all					with the youngest one's eyes; open property	vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	look up	gerund	all not said here					at the sky	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sky=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Under a poplar tree by the big river, all snoozing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	4 tree	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tree	det
3	poplar	poplar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tree	compound
4	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 snoozing	obl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 river	amod
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tree	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tree	punct
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 snoozing	nsubj
11	snoozing	snooze	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snooze	gerund	all			a poplar tree by the big river			vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Under a poplar tree by the big river, all snoozing away with their wings folded, far from the cave they came out of

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	4 tree	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tree	det
3	poplar	poplar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tree	compound
4	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 snoozing	obl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 river	amod
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tree	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tree	punct
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 snoozing	nsubj
11	snoozing	snooze	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
12	away	away	ADV	_	11 snoozing	advmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 wings	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 wings	nmod:poss
15	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 snoozing	obl
16	folded	fold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 wings	acl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 cave	punct
18	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	21 cave	advmod
19	from	from	ADP	_	21 cave	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 cave	det
21	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 snoozing	obl
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 came	nsubj
23	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 cave	acl:relcl
24	out	out	ADV	_	23 came	advmod
25	of	of	ADP	_	23 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	snooze away	gerund	all		a poplar tree by the big river	with their wings; from the cave; away property	vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fold	participle		their wings not said here			vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	come out	past	wings = wing	the cave not said here		out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient cave=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Under an oak by the small stream, asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	3 oak	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 oak	det
3	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asleep	obl
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 stream	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stream	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stream	amod
7	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 oak	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 oak	punct
9	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

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