Test 8 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to l…

so the rock is huge, like a giant could barely move it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: rock, giant · What happens: be, move · To what, where: rock

This is test 8 · ★ 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	_	5 huge	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rock	det
3	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 huge	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 huge	cop
5	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 move	punct
7	like	like	SCONJ	_	12 move	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 giant	det
9	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 move	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 move	aux
11	barely	barely	ADV	_	12 move	advmod
12	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 huge	parataxis
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 move	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 huge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the rock					huge property	tree rules
2	move	could	a giant	rock				barely property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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, it's ponderous, like a total lump of stone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 ponderous	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ponderous	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ponderous	cop
5	ponderous	ponderous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lump	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 lump	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lump	det
9	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lump	amod
10	lump	lump	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ponderous	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 stone	case
12	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lump	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					like a total lump of stone; ponderous property	tree rules

Option 2

Yep, it's massive, like a big boulder, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 massive	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 massive	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 massive	cop
5	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 boulder	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 boulder	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 boulder	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 boulder	amod
10	boulder	boulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 massive	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mate	punct
12	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 boulder	vocative

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

Option 3

Yep, it's ponderous and so heavy that even a giant could hardly lift it off the ground at all

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 ponderous	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ponderous	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ponderous	cop
5	ponderous	ponderous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 lift	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 heavy	cc
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 heavy	advmod
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ponderous	conj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 giant	mark
10	even	even	ADV	_	12 giant	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 giant	det
12	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 heavy	advcl
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 lift	aux
14	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	15 lift	advmod
15	lift	lift	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 lift	obj
17	off	off	ADP	_	19 ground	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 ground	det
19	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lift	obl
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 all	case
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 lift	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	it			ponderous property	tree rules
2	be						tree rules
3	lift	could		it	all	off the ground; hardly property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme off ground=Destination at all=Initial_Location

Option 4

Nah, it's light and small, a child could carry it home in one hand and toss it in the river

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 light	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 light	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 light	cop
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carry	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 small	cc
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 light	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 carry	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carry	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 carry	aux
12	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 carry	obj
14	home	home	ADV	_	12 carry	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 hand	case
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 hand	nummod
17	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carry	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 toss	cc
19	toss	toss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 carry	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 toss	obj
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 river	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 river	det
23	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 toss	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	light			tree rules
2	be						tree rules
3	carry	could	light	child	one hand	home property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Value in hand=Location
4	toss	infinitive	light not said here	child	the river		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in river=Destination

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