Test 6 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to l…

his mum seems kinda sad, is she mad at him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum · What happens: seem, be

This is test 6 · ★ 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	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seems	nsubj
3	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	3 seems	advmod
5	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seems	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mad	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 mad	cop
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 mad	nsubj
9	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seems	parataxis
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 mad	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 seems	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	present	his mum					kinda, sad property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	mum					at him = he; mad property	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

Yeah, she's really mad at him 'cause he keeps trying to lift that rock and won't stop

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 mad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mad	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 mad	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mad	cop
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 mad	advmod
6	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 mad	obl
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 mad	punct
10	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	12 keeps	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 keeps	nsubj
12	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mad	advcl
13	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 keeps	xcomp
14	to	to	PART	_	15 lift	mark
15	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 trying	xcomp
16	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 rock	det
17	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lift	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 stop	cc
19	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 stop	aux
20	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 stop	advmod
21	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 mad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	she		at him = he; mad property	tree rules
2	keep	present	he			tree rules
3	try	gerund	he not said here			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	lift not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	that rock		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Theme
5	not stop	future	she not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, she just feels sorry 'cause he's so eager

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 feels	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 feels	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 feels	advmod
5	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feels	xcomp
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 feels	punct
8	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	12 eager	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 eager	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 eager	cop
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 eager	advmod
12	eager	eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feels	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	she					sorry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present	he					eager property	tree rules

Option 3

Nah, she feels sorry for him but also wants him to stay home and help with the chores

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 feels	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 feels	nsubj
4	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feels	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sorry	obl
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 wants	cc
9	also	also	ADV	_	10 wants	advmod
10	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 feels	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wants	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 stay	mark
13	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wants	xcomp
14	home	home	ADV	_	13 stay	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 help	cc
16	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	4 feels	conj
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 chores	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 chores	det
19	chores	chore	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 help	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feel	present	she		sorry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	want	present	she not said here	him = he		tree rules
3	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here		home property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	help	present	she not said here		with the chores	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with chore=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, she's cross 'cause he's so lazy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 cross	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cross	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cross	cop
5	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 cross	punct
7	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	11 lazy	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 lazy	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 lazy	cop
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 lazy	advmod
11	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cross	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she					cross property	tree rules
2	is	present	he					lazy property	tree rules

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