Test 11 · ★ · pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace re…

the hare said Venus was the maiden's looks? what's that about?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hare, Venus · What happens: say, be · To what, where: maiden looks · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1897 «pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace returns home, and the youngest son meets the hare and the Porcelain Maiden» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hare	det
2	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Venus	Venus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 maiden	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 maiden	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 maiden	det
7	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 looks	compound
8	's	's	PART	_	7 maiden	case
9	looks	look	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 said	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 said	obj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 what	cop
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 about	nsubj
14	about	about	ADV	_	11 what	acl:relcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the hare	maiden looks		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent look=Topic
2	is	past	Venus		's the maiden	tree rules
3	is a	present				tree rules

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

She's a lass of the sea, like Venus rising

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lass	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lass	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lass	det
4	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lass	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Venus	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 Venus	case
10	Venus	Venus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 lass	appos
11	rising	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 Venus	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	She	a lass				of the sea	tree rules
2	rise	gerund	Venus not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It means she's as lovely as Venus, the Roman goddess of beauty and love, so the youth thinks she's a deity

The tree, 23 words

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lovely	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lovely	cop
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 lovely	advmod
6	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 Venus	case
8	Venus	Venus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lovely	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 goddess	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 goddess	det
11	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 goddess	amod
12	goddess	goddess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Venus	appos
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 beauty	case
14	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 goddess	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 love	cc
16	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 beauty	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 thinks	punct
18	so	so	ADV	_	21 thinks	advmod
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 youth	det
20	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 thinks	nsubj
21	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	conj
22	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 deity	nsubj
23	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 deity	cop
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 deity	det
25	deity	deity	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 thinks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	she		as Venus; lovely property	tree rules
3	think speech: other	present	the youth			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	present	youth	a deity		tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She's lovely as Venus, the goddess of beauty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lovely	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lovely	cop
3	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 Venus	case
5	Venus	Venus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lovely	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 goddess	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 goddess	det
8	goddess	goddess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Venus	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 beauty	case
10	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 goddess	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					as Venus; lovely property	tree rules

Option 4

She's as lovely as Venus, the goddess of beauty, who was born from the sea foam and loved by all

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lovely	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lovely	cop
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 lovely	advmod
4	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 Venus	case
6	Venus	Venus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 lovely	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 goddess	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 goddess	det
9	goddess	goddess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Venus	appos
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 beauty	case
11	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 goddess	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 born	punct
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 born	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 born	aux:pass
15	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 goddess	conj
16	from	from	ADP	_	19 foam	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 foam	det
18	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 foam	compound
19	foam	foam	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 born	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 loved	cc
21	loved	love	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 born	conj
22	by	by	ADP	_	23 all	case
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 loved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	She			as Venus; lovely property	tree rules
2	bear	past · passive		the goddess of beauty	the sea foam		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	love	participle				by all	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer

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