Test 2 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to l…
wait, his dad is some king in Athens, like actual royalty?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, dad · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: king, Athens
This is test 2 · ★ 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 king | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 dad | nmod:poss |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 king | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 king | cop |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wait | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Athens | case |
| 9 | Athens | Athens | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 king | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 royalty | punct |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 royalty | case |
| 12 | actual | actual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 royalty | amod |
| 13 | royalty | royalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wait | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | like actual royalty | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | his dad | some king | Athens | 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 · ✓ the right answer
Yep, King Aegeus, ruling Attica from Athens
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 6 ruling | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 ruling | nsubj |
| 4 | Aegeus | Aegeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 King | flat |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 ruling | punct |
| 6 | ruling | rule | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | Attica | Attica | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 ruling | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 Athens | case |
| 9 | Athens | Athens | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 ruling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | gerund | King | Attica | Athens | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent attica=Result |
Option 2
Nah, King Aegeus, ruling Thebes from the hills
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 ruling | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 ruling | nsubj |
| 4 | Aegeus | Aegeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 King | flat |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 ruling | punct |
| 6 | ruling | rule | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | Thebes | thebe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 ruling | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 hills | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 hills | det |
| 10 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 ruling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | gerund | King | Thebes | the hills | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thebe=Theme |
Option 3
Yep, King Aegeus, ruling all of Attica and the lands beyond the sea from his great palace in Athens
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 6 ruling | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 ruling | nsubj |
| 4 | Aegeus | Aegeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 King | flat |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 ruling | punct |
| 6 | ruling | rule | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 Attica | det |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Attica | case |
| 9 | Attica | Attica | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 ruling | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 lands | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 lands | det |
| 12 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 Attica | conj |
| 13 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 15 sea | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 sea | det |
| 15 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lands | nmod |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 palace | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 palace | nmod:poss |
| 18 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 palace | amod |
| 19 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ruling | obl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 Athens | case |
| 21 | Athens | Athens | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 palace | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | gerund | King | all Attica and the lands beyond the sea | King's great palace in Athens | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent attica=Result |
Option 4
Nah, not royalty at all, just a rich merchant who ruled the harbour town of Piraeus
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 royalty | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 royalty | punct |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 royalty | advmod |
| 4 | royalty | royalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 royalty | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 merchant | punct |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 merchant | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 merchant | det |
| 10 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 merchant | amod |
| 11 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 royalty | appos |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 ruled | nsubj |
| 13 | ruled | rule | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 merchant | acl:relcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 town | det |
| 15 | harbour | harbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 town | compound |
| 16 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 ruled | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Piraeus | case |
| 18 | Piraeus | Piraeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 town | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | past | a rich merchant | the harbour town of Piraeus | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme |
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