Test 3 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to l…
so his granddad is the boss of the palace, sick!
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: granddad · What happens: be · To what, where: boss
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 boss | advmod |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 granddad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | granddad | granddad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 boss | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 boss | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 boss | det |
| 6 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 palace | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 palace | det |
| 9 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 boss | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sick | punct |
| 11 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 boss | conj |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 boss | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | his granddad | the boss | of the palace | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | his granddad not said here | 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
King Aegeus, super strong, the boss of Athens and all of Attica and beyond the sea
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Aegeus | compound |
| 2 | Aegeus | Aegeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 strong | punct |
| 4 | super | super | ADV | _ | 5 strong | advmod |
| 5 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Aegeus | list |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 boss | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 boss | det |
| 8 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Aegeus | appos |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Athens | case |
| 10 | Athens | Athens | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 boss | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 Attica | cc |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 Attica | det |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Attica | case |
| 14 | Attica | Attica | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Athens | conj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 sea | cc |
| 16 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 18 sea | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 sea | det |
| 18 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 boss | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
King Pittheus, super wise, the boss of Troezene
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Pittheus | compound |
| 2 | Pittheus | Pittheus | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wise | punct |
| 4 | super | super | ADV | _ | 5 wise | advmod |
| 5 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Pittheus | acl:relcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 boss | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 boss | det |
| 8 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Pittheus | appos |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Troezene | case |
| 10 | Troezene | Troezene | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 boss | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Pittheus, pretty wise, the ruler of Athens
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittheus | Pittheus | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wise | punct |
| 3 | pretty | pretty | ADV | _ | 4 wise | advmod |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Pittheus | acl:relcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 ruler | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ruler | det |
| 7 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pittheus | appos |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Athens | case |
| 9 | Athens | Athens | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 ruler | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
King Pittheus, super wise, the boss of Troezene and the whole coast and all its ships
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | Pittheus | Pittheus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 King | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wise | punct |
| 4 | super | super | ADV | _ | 5 wise | advmod |
| 5 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 King | parataxis |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 boss | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 boss | det |
| 8 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 King | appos |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Troezene | case |
| 10 | Troezene | Troezene | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 boss | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 coast | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 coast | det |
| 13 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 coast | amod |
| 14 | coast | coast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Troezene | conj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 ships | cc |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 ships | det:predet |
| 17 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 ships | nmod:poss |
| 18 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 King | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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