Test 10 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to l…

is the wood near the city or something?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: wood, city

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2043 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to lift a heavy rock that his mother says hides the way to Athens» 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	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wood	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wood	det
3	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	near	near	ADP	_	6 city	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 city	det
6	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wood	nmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 something	cc
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 city	conj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the wood		the city			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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, a wood where his mum takes him to sit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wood	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wood	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wood	det
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 takes	advmod
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mum	nmod:poss
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 takes	nsubj
8	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wood	acl:relcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 takes	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 sit	mark
11	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 takes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	his mum		him = he				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
2	sit	to-infinitive	his mum not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, it's a deep wood far from the city where wolves and bears roam, so he stays close

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 wood	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wood	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wood	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wood	det
6	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wood	amod
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 city	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 city	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 city	det
11	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wood	nmod
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	16 roam	advmod
13	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 roam	nsubj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bears	cc
15	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 wolves	conj
16	roam	roam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 city	acl:relcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 stays	punct
18	so	so	ADV	_	20 stays	advmod
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 stays	nsubj
20	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wood	parataxis
21	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 stays	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a deep wood	the city		tree rules
2	roam	present	wolves and bears				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	stay	present	he			close property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Nah, it's a field far from the city walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 field	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 field	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 field	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 field	det
6	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 field	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 walls	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 walls	det
10	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 walls	compound
11	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 far	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a field				far property	tree rules

Option 4

Yeah, a wood right by the city gates where his mum takes him to sit and watch the traders pass

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	9 gates	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wood	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wood	det
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gates	nsubj
5	right	right	ADV	_	9 gates	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 gates	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gates	det
8	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gates	compound
9	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 pass	nsubj
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 takes	advmod
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mum	nmod:poss
12	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 takes	nsubj
13	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 gates	acl:relcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 takes	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 sit	mark
16	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 takes	advcl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 watch	cc
18	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 sit	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 traders	det
20	traders	trader	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 watch	obj
21	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	take	present	wood's mum		wood	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
2	sit	to-infinitive	wood's mum not said here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	watch	infinitive	wood's mum not said here	the traders		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trader=Theme
4	pass	present	the city gates			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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